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title: Why would mopane worms be a good food to keep for a dry season? — Insects as food in other countries · tree and pragmatics
description: Why would mopane worms be a good food to keep for a dry season? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 290 «Insects as food in other countries» 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 was wrong.
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# Test 11 · ★ · Insects as food in other countries

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Why would mopane worms be a good food to keep for a dry season?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mopane worms · **What happens:** be, keep · **To what, where:** good food

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 290 «Insects as food in other countries» 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/290-insects-as-food-in-other-countries/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:290-insects-as-food-in-other-countries:t11:1
# text = Why would mopane worms be a good food to keep for a dry season?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
3	mopane	mopane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	season	season	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | would | mopane worms | a good food |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | season |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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They must be eaten fresh the same day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:290-insects-as-food-in-other-countries:t11:o1:1
# text = They must be eaten fresh the same day
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | must · passive |  | They |  |  | day | fresh *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Dried, they last for months

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:290-insects-as-food-in-other-countries:t11:o2:1
# text = Dried, they last for months
1	Dried	dry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	last	last	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dry** | participle | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **last** | present | they |  |  |  | month |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They turn into butterflies in the jar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:290-insects-as-food-in-other-countries:t11:o3:1
# text = They turn into butterflies in the jar
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turn	turn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	butterflies	butterfly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | They |  |  | the jar |  | into butterflies | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme into butterfly=Source in jar=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They grow back again every single night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:290-insects-as-food-in-other-countries:t11:o4:1
# text = They grow back again every single night
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	again	again	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
6	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow back** | present | They |  |  |  | again; night |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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