--- title: why do rice farmers flood their fields, seems mental — Food and farming around the world · tree and pragmatics description: why do rice farmers flood their fields, seems mental Test 7 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/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · Food and farming around the world why do rice farmers flood their fields, seems mental **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** rice farmers · **What happens:** flood, seem · **To what, where:** fields This is test 7 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:26-food-and-farming-around-the-world:t7:1 # text = why do rice farmers flood their fields, seems mental 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 rice rice NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 farmers farmer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 flood flood VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 9 seems seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 mental mental ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flood** | present · do-support | rice farmers | farmers's fields | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent field=Patient | | 2 | **seem** | present | | | | | | mental *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | 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} To stop the rice from getting thirsty in winter ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:26-food-and-farming-around-the-world:t7:o1:1 # text = To stop the rice from getting thirsty in winter 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 rice rice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 from from SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | to-infinitive | | the rice | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality rice=Eventuality | | 2 | **get** | gerund | | | | | winter | thirsty *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Rice grows well in water, which also holds back weeds ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:26-food-and-farming-around-the-world:t7:o2:1 # text = Rice grows well in water, which also holds back weeds 1 Rice rice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 8 also also ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 holds hold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 back back ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 weeds weed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | present | Rice | | | water | | well *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location | | 2 | **hold back** | present | | weeds | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weed=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} To keep the fish away from the plants ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:26-food-and-farming-around-the-world:t7:o3:1 # text = To keep the fish away from the plants 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 plants plant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep away** | to-infinitive | | | the fish | the plants | | away *property* | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer fish=Beneficiary from plant=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} To wash the rice before they eat it ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:26-food-and-farming-around-the-world:t7:o4:1 # text = To wash the rice before they eat it 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 wash wash VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 rice rice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 before before SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wash** | to-infinitive | | the rice | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rice=Patient | | 2 | **eat** | present | they | rice | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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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