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title: «we had rice for dinner, my mate had pasta, his gran had tortillas.… — From field to plate: wheat, flour and… · tree and pragmatics
description: «we had rice for dinner, my mate had pasta, his gran had tortillas. who ate a big grain» Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 286 «From field to plate: wheat, flour and bread» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice w
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# Test 8 · ★★ · From field to plate: wheat, flour and bread

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«we had rice for dinner, my mate had pasta, his gran had tortillas. who ate a big grain»

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** we, mate, gran · **What happens:** have, eat · **To what, where:** rice, pasta, tortillas, big grain

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This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 286 «From field to plate: wheat, flour and bread» of the biology course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/286-from-field-to-plate-wheat-flour-and-bread/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:286-from-field-to-plate-wheat-flour-and-bread:t8:1
# text = «we had rice for dinner, my mate had pasta, his gran had tortillas. who ate a big grain»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
11	pasta	pasta	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
16	tortillas	tortilla	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
18	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
19	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *in a quote* | past | we | rice |  |  |  | for dinner | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rice=Patient |
| 2 | **have** *in a quote* | past | my mate | pasta |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pasta=Patient |
| 3 | **have** *in a quote* | past | mate's gran | tortillas |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tortilla=Patient |
| 4 | **eat** *in a quote* | past |  | a big grain |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grain=Patient |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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None of them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:286-from-field-to-plate-wheat-flour-and-bread:t8:o1:1
# text = None of them
1	None	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only the rice eater

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:286-from-field-to-plate-wheat-flour-and-bread:t8:o2:1
# text = Only the rice eater
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	eater	eater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only the pasta eater

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:286-from-field-to-plate-wheat-flour-and-bread:t8:o3:1
# text = Only the pasta eater
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	pasta	pasta	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	eater	eater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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All three: rice, wheat and maize

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:286-from-field-to-plate-wheat-flour-and-bread:t8:o4:1
# text = All three: rice, wheat and maize
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
4	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	wheat	wheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	maize	maize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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