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description: Oscar's grandad, from Somerset, says, "Buy British, my lover, support our farmers." ("My lover" is a friendly West Country word, like "dear".) His aunt says, "Imports are cheaper and help poorer countries." What's the fair summary? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 37 «Trade, tariffs, rich and poor countries» o
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Trade, tariffs, rich and poor countries

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Oscar's grandad, from Somerset, says, "Buy British, my lover, support our farmers." ("My lover" is a friendly West Country word, like "dear".) His aunt says, "Imports are cheaper and help poorer countries." What's the fair summary?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** grandad, lover, aunt, Imports, fair summary · **What happens:** say, buy, support, be, help · **To what, where:** farmers, friendly Country word, poorer countries · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Oscar's grandad, from Somerset, says, "Buy British, my lover, support our farmers."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries:t7:1
# text = Oscar's grandad, from Somerset, says, "Buy British, my lover, support our farmers."
1	Oscar	Oscar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Somerset	Somerset	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	Buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	ccomp	_	_
12	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	lover	lover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	support	support	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
18	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Oscar's grandad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **buy** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | my lover *vocative*; british *property* | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **support** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | our farmers |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer farmer=Stimulus |

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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:* ("My lover" is a friendly West Country word, like "dear".)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries:t7:2
# text = ("My lover" is a friendly West Country word, like "dear".)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	lover	lover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
9	West	West	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Country	Country	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | My lover | a friendly Country word |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* His aunt says, "Imports are cheaper and help poorer countries."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries:t7:3
# text = His aunt says, "Imports are cheaper and help poorer countries."
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Imports	import	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	ccomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
11	poorer	poor	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	amod	_	_
12	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Oscar's aunt |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Imports |  |  |  |  | cheap *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **help** *in a quote* | infinitive | Imports *not said here* | poorer countries |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Beneficiary |

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*Sentence 4:* What's the fair summary?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries:t7:4
# text = What's the fair summary?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	summary	summary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the fair summary |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The aunt is right, and farmers here don't matter at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries:t7:o1:1
# text = The aunt is right, and farmers here don't matter at all
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
8	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
9	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the aunt |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | farmers |  |  | all |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The grandad is right, and all imports should be banned now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries:t7:o2:1
# text = The grandad is right, and all imports should be banned now
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	imports	import	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	banned	ban	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
12	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the grandad |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **ban** | should · passive |  | all imports |  |  | now |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Both views have points, and people choose differently

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries:t7:o3:1
# text = Both views have points, and people choose differently
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	views	view	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	points	point	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	choose	choose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	differently	differently	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | both views | points |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Patient |
| 2 | **choose** | present | people |  |  |  |  | differently *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Neither, because apples are never brought in from abroad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries:t7:o4:1
# text = Neither, because apples are never brought in from abroad
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **bring in** | present · passive |  | apples |  |  |  | neither *property* | vn earn-54.6 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |

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