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description: A grain-selling country stops selling because of a war, as was reported. Which country is hit hardest? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 37 «Trade, tariffs, rich and poor countries» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Trade, tariffs, rich and poor countries

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A grain-selling country stops selling because of a war, as was reported. Which country is hit hardest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** selling country · **What happens:** sell, stop, report, hit · **To what, where:** country

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 37 «Trade, tariffs, rich and poor countries» of the money 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/money/37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A grain-selling country stops selling because of a war, as was reported.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries:t11:1
# text = A grain-selling country stops selling because of a war, as was reported.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	selling	sell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	selling	sell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	xcomp	_	_
8	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	11	case	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stop** | present | a selling country |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **sell** | gerund | a selling country *not said here* |  |  |  |  | because a war | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **report** | past · passive | a selling country *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP» |

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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:* Which country is hit hardest?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries:t11:2
# text = Which country is hit hardest?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	country	country	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	hit	hit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	hardest	hard	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | present · passive |  | which country |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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One that grows all its own grain on its own farms at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries:t11:o1:1
# text = One that grows all its own grain on its own farms at home
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nsubj	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	farms	farm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | One | its own grain |  | grain's own farms at home |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location grain=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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One that only sells cars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries:t11:o2:1
# text = One that only sells cars
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	sells	sell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | present |  | cars |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
One that depends on buying grain from abroad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries:t11:o3:1
# text = One that depends on buying grain from abroad
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	depends	depend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	buying	buy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depend** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **buy** | gerund |  | grain |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent grain=Theme from abroad=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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One that doesn't eat bread at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries:t11:o4:1
# text = One that doesn't eat bread at all
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nsubj	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **eat** | present · do-support | One | bread |  | all |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient |

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