--- title: «saffron's crazy dear, what a rip-off» Why is it really so expensive? — Nuts, beans, seeds and spices · tree and pragmatics description: «saffron's crazy dear, what a rip-off» Why is it really so expensive? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 348 «Nuts, beans, seeds and spices» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/348-nuts-beans-seeds-and-spices/t10/) [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/) / [Nuts, beans, seeds and spices](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/348-nuts-beans-seeds-and-spices/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Nuts, beans, seeds and spices «saffron's crazy dear, what a rip-off» Why is it really so expensive? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** saffron · **What happens:** off, be This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 348 «Nuts, beans, seeds and spices» 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/348-nuts-beans-seeds-and-spices/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:348-nuts-beans-seeds-and-spices:t10:1 # text = «saffron's crazy dear, what a rip-off» Why is it really so expensive? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 saffron saffron NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 crazy crazy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 11 nsubj _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 rip rip NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 off off NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 13 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 really really ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 expensive expensive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **off** *in a quote* | | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | saffron | | | | | expensive *property* | tree rules | 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} It grows only on the Moon ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:348-nuts-beans-seeds-and-spices:t10:o1:1 # text = It grows only on the Moon 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | present | It | | | the Moon | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on moon=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} It is made from gold dust ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:348-nuts-beans-seeds-and-spices:t10:o2:1 # text = It is made from gold dust 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present · passive | | It | | gold dust | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from dust=Material | ### Option 3 {#o3} It is just dyed sugar ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:348-nuts-beans-seeds-and-spices:t10:o3:1 # text = It is just dyed sugar 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 dyed dyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 sugar sugar NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | dyed sugar | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Each flower gives only three threads, picked by hand, and huge numbers are needed ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:348-nuts-beans-seeds-and-spices:t10:o4:1 # text = Each flower gives only three threads, picked by hand, and huge numbers are needed 1 Each each DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 threads thread NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 picked pick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 needed need VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present | each flower | three threads | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thread=Theme | | 2 | **pick** | participle | | three threads *not said here* | | | | by hand | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **need** | present · passive | | huge numbers | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme | **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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