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title: Kai from an Iowa farm: "City kids think food comes from shops lol."… — Cities then and now: the biggest citie… · tree and pragmatics
description: Kai from an Iowa farm: "City kids think food comes from shops lol." What is true? Test 10 of lesson 74 «Cities then and now: the biggest cities of every age and of today» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Test 10 · Cities then and now: the biggest cities of every age and o…

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Kai from an Iowa farm: "City kids think food comes from shops lol." What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** City kids, food · **What happens:** think, come, be · **To what, where:** shops · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 of lesson 74 «Cities then and now: the biggest cities of every age and of today» of the history 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/history/74-the-biggest-cities-of-every-age-and-of-today/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kai from an Iowa farm: "City kids think food comes from shops lol."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:74-the-biggest-cities-of-every-age-and-of-today:t10:1
# text = Kai from an Iowa farm: "City kids think food comes from shops lol."
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Iowa	Iowa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	City	City	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
11	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	ccomp	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
15	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	12	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | City kids |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **come** *in a quote* | present | food |  |  | shops |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from shop=Initial\_Location |

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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 is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:74-the-biggest-cities-of-every-age-and-of-today:t10:2
# text = What is true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Most city people grow all their own food on their balconies and roofs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:74-the-biggest-cities-of-every-age-and-of-today:t10:o1:1
# text = Most city people grow all their own food on their balconies and roofs
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
2	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	balconies	balcony	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	roofs	roof	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | Most city people | people's own food |  | people's balconies and roofs |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location food=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Farms are only found inside cities

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:74-the-biggest-cities-of-every-age-and-of-today:t10:o2:1
# text = Farms are only found inside cities
1	Farms	farm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present · passive |  | Farms |  | cities |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Shops make the food in the back room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:74-the-biggest-cities-of-every-age-and-of-today:t10:o3:1
# text = Shops make the food in the back room
1	Shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Shops | the food |  | the back room |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset food=Product |

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

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A few farmers with machines grow food for millions of city people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:74-the-biggest-cities-of-every-age-and-of-today:t10:o4:1
# text = A few farmers with machines grow food for millions of city people
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	machines	machine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	millions	million	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | a few farmers with machines | food |  |  |  | for millions of city people | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent food=Material for million=Beneficiary |

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