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# Exam question 1 · Food and farming around the world

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Identify the principal consequence of the transfer of plants and animals across the Atlantic subsequent to 1492.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, transfer · **To what, where:** principal consequence, Atlantic subsequent, plants

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 26 «Food and farming around the world» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/26-food-and-farming-around-the-world/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:26-food-and-farming-around-the-world:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal consequence of the transfer of plants and animals across the Atlantic subsequent to 1492.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	transfer	transfer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
12	across	across	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Atlantic	Atlantic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	subsequent	subsequent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	1492	1492	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal consequence of the transfer of plants and animals |  | the Atlantic subsequent |  | to 1492 | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme to 1492=be' |
| 2 | **transfer** |  |  | plants and animals |  |  |  |  | nom transfer «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The cultivation of rice ceased throughout Asia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:26-food-and-farming-around-the-world:e1:o1:1
# text = The cultivation of rice ceased throughout Asia
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cultivation	cultivation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	ceased	cease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
6	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** | participle |  | the cultivation of rice *not said here* |  |  | throughout Asia |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **cultivate** |  |  | rice |  |  |  |  | nom cultivation «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The trade in all foodstuffs between the continents was thereupon abolished entirely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:26-food-and-farming-around-the-world:e1:o2:1
# text = The trade in all foodstuffs between the continents was thereupon abolished entirely
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	trade	trade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	foodstuffs	foodstuff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	between	between	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	continents	continent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
10	thereupon	thereupon	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	abolished	abolish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
12	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abolish** | past · passive |  | the trade in all foodstuffs between the continents |  |  |  | entirely, thereupon *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The horse became extinct in Europe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:26-food-and-farming-around-the-world:e1:o3:1
# text = The horse became extinct in Europe
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	extinct	extinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | the horse |  |  |  |  | extinct *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Crops such as the potato and maize entered the diet of the Old World

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:26-food-and-farming-around-the-world:e1:o4:1
# text = Crops such as the potato and maize entered the diet of the Old World
1	Crops	crop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
2	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	5	case	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	2	fixed	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	potato	potato	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	maize	maize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	entered	enter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	diet	diet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	World	World	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enter** | past | Crops such the potato and maize | the diet of the Old World |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme diet=Destination |

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