--- title: Ascertain the conditions under which rice grows best. — Farms and where our food comes from · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the conditions under which rice grows best. Exam question 4 of lesson 80 «Farms and where our food comes from» of the world 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/world/80-farms-and-our-food/e4/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Farms and where our food comes from](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/80-farms-and-our-food/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Farms and where our food comes from Ascertain the conditions under which rice grows best. **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, rice · **What happens:** ascertain, grow · **To what, where:** conditions This is exam question 4 of lesson 80 «Farms and where our food comes from» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/world/80-farms-and-our-food/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:80-farms-and-our-food:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the conditions under which rice grows best. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 conditions condition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 under under ADP IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 6 det _ _ 6 rice rice NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 best well ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the conditions | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent condition=Topic | | 2 | **grow** | present | which rice | | | | | well *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: 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} Frozen ground beneath the snow ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:80-farms-and-our-food:e4:o1:1 # text = Frozen ground beneath the snow 1 Frozen frozen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Cold, dry fields upon high mountains ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:80-farms-and-our-food:e4:o2:1 # text = Cold, dry fields upon high mountains 1 Cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Sandy deserts with little water ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:80-farms-and-our-food:e4:o3:1 # text = Sandy deserts with little water 1 Sandy Sandy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 deserts desert NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Warm, wet fields that are often flooded ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:80-farms-and-our-food:e4:o4:1 # text = Warm, wet fields that are often flooded 1 Warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 7 often often ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 flooded flood VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flood** | present · passive | | Warm wet fields | | | | often *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=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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