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title: Olives grow in Spain but nobody farms them in Scotland. Why? — Climate zones and why they are where t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Olives grow in Spain but nobody farms them in Scotland. Why? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 21 «Climate zones and why they are where they are» of the geography 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 4 · ★ · Climate zones and why they are where they are

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Olives grow in Spain but nobody farms them in Scotland. Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Olives · **What happens:** grow · **To what, where:** nobody farms, Spain

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 21 «Climate zones and why they are where they are» of the geography 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/geography/21-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Olives grow in Spain but nobody farms them in Scotland.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:21-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are:t4:1
# text = Olives grow in Spain but nobody farms them in Scotland.
1	Olives	olive	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	compound	_	_
7	farms	farm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | Olives | nobody farms |  | Spain |  | in Scotland | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in spain=Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:21-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are:t4:2
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Olives only grow near the equator, not in Europe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:21-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are:t4:o1:1
# text = Olives only grow near the equator, not in Europe
1	Olives	olive	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	near	near	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	equator	equator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | Olives |  |  | the equator |  | in Europe | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near equator=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Scottish soil has no water for olive roots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:21-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are:t4:o2:1
# text = Scottish soil has no water for olive roots
1	Scottish	Scottish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	olive	olive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Scottish soil | no water |  |  |  | for olive roots | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |

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

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Olives need hot, dry summers and mild winters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:21-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are:t4:o3:1
# text = Olives need hot, dry summers and mild winters
1	Olives	olive	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	summers	summer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	mild	mild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	winters	winter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | Olives |  |  |  | summer |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Scotland is far too sunny and dry for olive trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:21-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are:t4:o4:1
# text = Scotland is far too sunny and dry for olive trees
1	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	sunny	sunny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	olive	olive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	compound	_	_
10	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Scotland |  |  |  |  | for olive trees; far, sunny *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Scotland *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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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