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title: In the game, sugar is just a pricey trade good from the Caribbean. W… — Food and farming around the world · tree and pragmatics
description: In the game, sugar is just a pricey trade good from the Caribbean. What does that leave out? Test 4 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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# Test 4 · Food and farming around the world

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In the game, sugar is just a pricey trade good from the Caribbean. What does that leave out?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** game sugar, that · **What happens:** be, leave out · **To what, where:** pricey trade

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This is test 4 of lesson 26 «Food and farming around the world» 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/26-food-and-farming-around-the-world/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In the game, sugar is just a pricey trade good from the Caribbean.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:26-food-and-farming-around-the-world:t4:1
# text = In the game, sugar is just a pricey trade good from the Caribbean.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	pricey	pricey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	trade	trade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Caribbean	Caribbean	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | game sugar | a pricey trade |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What does that leave out?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:26-food-and-farming-around-the-world:t4:2
# text = What does that leave out?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave out** | present · do-support | that |  |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Sugar was grown by well-paid workers who chose to sail out from Europe

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:26-food-and-farming-around-the-world:t4:o1:1
# text = Sugar was grown by well-paid workers who chose to sail out from Europe
1	Sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	workers	worker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	chose	choose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	sail	sail	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	out	out	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past · passive | paid workers | Sugar |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme |
| 2 | **pay** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **choose** | past | paid workers |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **sail out** | to-infinitive | paid workers *not said here* |  |  | Europe |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent from europe=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Sugar grew wild and nobody had to work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:26-food-and-farming-around-the-world:t4:o2:1
# text = Sugar grew wild and nobody had to work
1	Sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | Sugar |  |  |  |  | wild *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | past | nobody |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **work** | to-infinitive | nobody *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Sugar was grown by enslaved Africans in brutal conditions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:26-food-and-farming-around-the-world:t4:o3:1
# text = Sugar was grown by enslaved Africans in brutal conditions
1	Sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	enslaved	enslave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	Africans	African	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	obl:agent	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	brutal	brutal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	conditions	condition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past · passive | enslaved Africans | Sugar |  | brutal conditions |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme |
| 2 | **enslave** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Sugar came only from Europe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:26-food-and-farming-around-the-world:t4:o4:1
# text = Sugar came only from Europe
1	Sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Sugar |  |  | Europe |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from europe=Initial\_Location |

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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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