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title: «white rice is better, it's cleaner» What is the fairest reply? — Rice, maize and potatoes: the plants t… · tree and pragmatics
description: «white rice is better, it's cleaner» What is the fairest reply? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 345 «Rice, maize and potatoes: the plants that feed the world» 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 right.
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# Test 8 · ★ · Rice, maize and potatoes: the plants that feed the world

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«white rice is better, it's cleaner» What is the fairest reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** white rice, rice, fairest reply · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** cleaner

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 345 «Rice, maize and potatoes: the plants that feed the world» 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/345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world:t8:1
# text = «white rice is better, it's cleaner» What is the fairest reply?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	cleaner	cleaner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obl	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	fairest	fair	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	15	amod	_	_
15	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | white rice |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | rice | cleaner |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | present | the fairest reply |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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White rice has more vitamins than brown, because the polishing adds extra goodness to it

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world:t8:o1:1
# text = White rice has more vitamins than brown, because the polishing adds extra goodness to it
1	White	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	vitamins	vitamin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	polishing	polishing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	adds	add	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	goodness	goodness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | White rice | more vitamins |  |  |  | than brown | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vitamin=Patient |
| 2 | **add** *speech: assert* | present | the polishing | extra goodness | rice |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent goodness=Patient to it=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Brown rice is just dirty white rice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world:t8:o2:1
# text = Brown rice is just dirty white rice
1	Brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Brown rice | dirty white rice |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
White rice cooks faster and keeps longer, but the bran it lost held vitamin B1

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world:t8:o3:1
# text = White rice cooks faster and keeps longer, but the bran it lost held vitamin B1
1	White	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cooks	cook	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bran	bran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
15	vitamin	vitamin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
16	B1	B1	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cook** | present | White rice |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **keep** | present | White rice *not said here* |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **lose** | past | bran | the bran *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bran=Eventuality |
| 4 | **hold** | participle · passive |  | the bran |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme vitamin=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They are exactly the same in every way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:345-rice-maize-and-potatoes-the-plants-that-feed-the-world:t8:o4:1
# text = They are exactly the same in every way
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  | every way |  | exactly, same *property* | tree rules |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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