--- title: Why did cool countries look for another sugar plant than cane? — Sugar, chocolate, tea and coffee: the… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did cool countries look for another sugar plant than cane? Test 8 of lesson 347 «Sugar, chocolate, tea and coffee: the plants behind treats» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/347-sugar-chocolate-tea-and-coffee-the-plants-behind-treats/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Sugar, chocolate, tea and coffee: the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/347-sugar-chocolate-tea-and-coffee-the-plants-behind-treats/) / t8 # Test 8 · Sugar, chocolate, tea and coffee: the plants behind treats Why did cool countries look for another sugar plant than cane? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cool countries · **What happens:** do, look This is test 8 of lesson 347 «Sugar, chocolate, tea and coffee: the plants behind treats» 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/347-sugar-chocolate-tea-and-coffee-the-plants-behind-treats/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:347-sugar-chocolate-tea-and-coffee-the-plants-behind-treats:t8:1 # text = Why did cool countries look for another sugar plant than cane? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 cool cool ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 9 det _ _ 8 sugar sugar NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 plant plant NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 than than ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 cane cane NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **look** | present | cool countries | | | | | for another sugar plant than cane | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for plant=Theme | 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} Beet sugar is much sweeter ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:347-sugar-chocolate-tea-and-coffee-the-plants-behind-treats:t8:o1:1 # text = Beet sugar is much sweeter 1 Beet beet NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 sugar sugar NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 sweeter sweet ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Beet sugar | | | | | sweet *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Cane sugar was found to be poisonous for people in cold places ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:347-sugar-chocolate-tea-and-coffee-the-plants-behind-treats:t8:o2:1 # text = Cane sugar was found to be poisonous for people in cold places 1 Cane cane NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 sugar sugar NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 poisonous poisonous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past · passive | | Cane sugar | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | Cane sugar *not said here* | | | | | for people in cold places; poisonous *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Cane needs heat, but beet grows well in cool places ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:347-sugar-chocolate-tea-and-coffee-the-plants-behind-treats:t8:o3:1 # text = Cane needs heat, but beet grows well in cool places 1 Cane cane NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 beet beet NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 cool cool ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | Cane | heat | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot heat=Theme | | 2 | **grow** | present | beet | | | cool places | | well *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Cane cannot be crushed ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:347-sugar-chocolate-tea-and-coffee-the-plants-behind-treats:t8:o4:1 # text = Cane cannot be crushed 1 Cane cane NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 crushed crush VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **crush** | can · passive | | Cane | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | **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. 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