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description: «a whole field of wheat feeds more people than the same field feeding cows, why» What is right? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 46 «Food chains: sun, plants, plant-eaters, meat-eaters» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Test 10 · ★ · Food chains: sun, plants, plant-eaters, meat-eaters

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«a whole field of wheat feeds more people than the same field feeding cows, why» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** whole field · **What happens:** feed, be · **To what, where:** more people

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 46 «Food chains: sun, plants, plant-eaters, meat-eaters» 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/46-food-chains/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:46-food-chains:t10:1
# text = «a whole field of wheat feeds more people than the same field feeding cows, why» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	wheat	wheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	feeds	feed	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	than	than	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
12	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
13	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
14	feeding	feeding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
19	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	21	nsubj	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
21	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** *in a quote* | present | a whole field of wheat |  | more people |  |  | than the same field feeding cows | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Energy is lost at each step, so eating plants directly wastes less

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:46-food-chains:t10:o1:1
# text = Energy is lost at each step, so eating plants directly wastes less
1	Energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	csubj	_	_
10	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	wastes	waste	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
13	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present · passive |  | Energy |  |  |  | at each step | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **eat** | gerund |  | plants |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plant=Patient |
| 3 | **waste** | present | eating |  |  |  |  | directly, less *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Wheat has more energy than any meat ever could, so it fills you up more

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:46-food-chains:t10:o2:1
# text = Wheat has more energy than any meat ever could, so it fills you up more
1	Wheat	wheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	advmod	_	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	fills	fill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	up	up	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
16	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Wheat | more energy |  |  |  | than any meat | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Patient |
| 2 | **fill up** | present | Wheat | you |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent you=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Cows eat less than people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:46-food-chains:t10:o3:1
# text = Cows eat less than people
1	Cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	5	advmod	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Cows | people |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cows make energy from sunlight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:46-food-chains:t10:o4:1
# text = Cows make energy from sunlight
1	Cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Cows | energy |  | sunlight |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent energy=Product from sunlight=Material |

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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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