--- title: Why could the steppe not be farmed like France? — Food and farming around the world · tree and pragmatics description: Why could the steppe not be farmed like France? Test 6 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/26-food-and-farming-around-the-world/t6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/) / [Food and farming around the world](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/26-food-and-farming-around-the-world/) / t6 # Test 6 · Food and farming around the world Why could the steppe not be farmed like France? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** not farm · **To what, where:** steppe This is test 6 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:26-food-and-farming-around-the-world:t6:1 # text = Why could the steppe not be farmed like France? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 steppe steppe NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 farmed farm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **farm** | could · passive | | the steppe | | | | like France | vn rear-26.2.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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 {#o1} The soil there is made of salt ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:26-food-and-farming-around-the-world:t6:o1:1 # text = The soil there is made of salt 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 soil soil NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 5 expl _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present · passive | | the soil *not said here* | | there | | of salt | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» | ### Option 2 {#o2} Steppe peoples did not know about plants ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:26-food-and-farming-around-the-world:t6:o2:1 # text = Steppe peoples did not know about plants 1 Steppe steppe NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 peoples people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 plants plant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | Steppe peoples | | | | | about plants | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about plant=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} The steppe is covered in thick, dark forests that cannot be cleared ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:26-food-and-farming-around-the-world:t6:o3:1 # text = The steppe is covered in thick, dark forests that cannot be cleared 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 steppe steppe NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 forests forest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 cleared clear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cover** | present · passive | | the steppe | | | | in thick dark forests | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in forest=Theme | | 2 | **not** **clear** | can · passive | | thick dark forests | | | | | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It is too dry, so people herded animals over the grass ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:26-food-and-farming-around-the-world:t6:o4:1 # text = It is too dry, so people herded animals over the grass 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 herded herd VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 10 over over ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | dry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **herd** | past | people | animals | | the grass | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent animal=Patient | **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. 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