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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises nomadic pastoralism? Exam question 2 of lesson 26 «Food and farming around the world» 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 wrong.
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# Exam question 2 · Food and farming around the world

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises nomadic pastoralism?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** nomadic pastoralism

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:26-food-and-farming-around-the-world:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises nomadic pastoralism?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	nomadic	nomadic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	pastoralism	pastoralism	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | nomadic pastoralism |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The cultivation of rice in flooded fields upon fixed estates throughout the year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:26-food-and-farming-around-the-world:e2:o1:1
# text = The cultivation of rice in flooded fields upon fixed estates throughout the year
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	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	flooded	flood	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	estates	estate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
11	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flood** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **fix** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **cultivate** |  |  | rice |  | flooded fields |  | upon fixed estates throughout the year | nom cultivation «act transitive»: of=patient in=place upon=obl |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The purchase of all foodstuffs in permanent urban markets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:26-food-and-farming-around-the-world:e2:o2:1
# text = The purchase of all foodstuffs in permanent urban markets
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	purchase	purchase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	foodstuffs	foodstuff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	permanent	permanent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	urban	urban	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	markets	market	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **purchase** |  |  | all foodstuffs in permanent urban markets |  |  |  |  | nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The construction of terraces upon steep slopes for grain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:26-food-and-farming-around-the-world:e2:o3:1
# text = The construction of terraces upon steep slopes for grain
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	construction	construction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	terraces	terrace	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	steep	steep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	slopes	slope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **construct** |  |  | terraces |  |  |  | upon steep slopes for grain | nom construction «act transitive»: of=patient upon=obl |

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

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The movement of herders with their livestock in search of pasture and water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:26-food-and-farming-around-the-world:e2:o4:1
# text = The movement of herders with their livestock in search of pasture and water
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	movement	movement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	herders	herder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	livestock	livestock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	search	search	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	pasture	pasture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** |  |  | herders |  |  |  | with herders's livestock in search of pasture and water | nom movement «act transitive»: of=patient with=obl |
| 2 | **search** |  |  | pasture |  |  |  |  | nom search «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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