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title: Chocolate costs a lot, but the cocoa farmer is poor. How can that be? — Resources and what countries trade · tree and pragmatics
description: Chocolate costs a lot, but the cocoa farmer is poor. How can that be? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 27 «Resources and what countries trade» 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.
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Resources and what countries trade

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Chocolate costs a lot, but the cocoa farmer is poor. How can that be?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Chocolate, cocoa farmer, that · **What happens:** cost, be · **To what, where:** lot

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 27 «Resources and what countries trade» 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/27-resources-and-what-countries-trade/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Chocolate costs a lot, but the cocoa farmer is poor.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:27-resources-and-what-countries-trade:t10:1
# text = Chocolate costs a lot, but the cocoa farmer is poor.
1	Chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	costs	cost	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	cocoa	cocoa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cost** | present | Chocolate | a lot |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme lot=Value |
| 2 | **is** | present | the cocoa farmer |  |  |  |  | poor *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.

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*Sentence 2:* How can that be?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:27-resources-and-what-countries-trade:t10:2
# text = How can that be?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **can** | can | that |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Farmers are paid only in chocolate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:27-resources-and-what-countries-trade:t10:o1:1
# text = Farmers are paid only in chocolate
1	Farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | present · passive |  | Farmers |  | chocolate |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Chocolate is made without cocoa now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:27-resources-and-what-countries-trade:t10:o2:1
# text = Chocolate is made without cocoa now
1	Chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	without	without	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	cocoa	cocoa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | Chocolate |  |  | now | without cocoa | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cocoa farmers refuse to sell their cocoa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:27-resources-and-what-countries-trade:t10:o3:1
# text = Cocoa farmers refuse to sell their cocoa
1	Cocoa	cocoa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	refuse	refuse	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	sell	sell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	cocoa	cocoa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | present | Cocoa farmers |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **sell** | to-infinitive | Cocoa farmers *not said here* | farmers's cocoa |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cocoa=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Most of the price goes to traders, factories, brands and shops

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:27-resources-and-what-countries-trade:t10:o4:1
# text = Most of the price goes to traders, factories, brands and shops
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	traders	trader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	factories	factory	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	brands	brand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Most of the price |  |  | traders and factories and brands and shops |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to trader=Initial\_Location |

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