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title: Leo says bananas could grow fine in a cold field in Canada. true? — Farms and where our food comes from · tree and pragmatics
description: Leo says bananas could grow fine in a cold field in Canada. true? Test 12 · ★★ 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.
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# Test 12 · ★★ · Farms and where our food comes from

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Leo says bananas could grow fine in a cold field in Canada. true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Leo, bananas · **What happens:** say, grow · **To what, where:** cold field · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 80 «Farms and where our food comes from» of the world 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/world/80-farms-and-our-food/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:80-farms-and-our-food:t12:1
# text = Leo says bananas could grow fine in a cold field in Canada. true?
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	bananas	banana	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Canada	Canada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
14	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Leo |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **grow** | could | bananas |  |  | a cold field |  | in Canada; fine *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in field=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, but only in the summer months

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:80-farms-and-our-food:t12:o1:1
# text = Yes, but only in the summer months
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, bananas grow anywhere with enough rain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:80-farms-and-our-food:t12:o2:1
# text = Yes, bananas grow anywhere with enough rain
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bananas	banana	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	enough	enough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | bananas |  |  |  |  | with enough rain; anywhere *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, bananas grow only in warm tropical places

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:80-farms-and-our-food:t12:o3:1
# text = No, bananas grow only in warm tropical places
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	bananas	banana	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	tropical	tropical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | bananas |  |  | warm tropical places |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, bananas only grow in deserts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:80-farms-and-our-food:t12:o4:1
# text = No, bananas only grow in deserts
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bananas	banana	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	deserts	desert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | bananas |  |  | deserts |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in desert=Location |

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