Test 8 · ★ · The British Isles and the United Kingdom

Why was Ireland divided in 1921 and 1922?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: divide · To what, where: 1921

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 8 «The British Isles and the United Kingdom» of the geography 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 divided	advmod
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 divided	aux:pass
3	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 divided	compound
4	divided	divide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 1921	case
6	1921	1921	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 divided	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 1922	cc
8	1922	1922	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 1921	conj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 divided	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	divide	past · passive				1921			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The Pope ordered it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Pope	det
2	Pope	Pope	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ordered	nsubj
3	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 ordered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	past	the Pope	it					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Most wanted to leave the UK, but many in the north-east wanted to stay

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 leave	mark
4	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 UK	det
6	UK	UK	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 leave	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 wanted	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 wanted	cc
9	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 wanted	nsubj
10	in	in	ADP	_	14 east	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 east	det
12	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 east	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 north	punct
14	east	east	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 many	nmod
15	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wanted	conj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 stay	mark
17	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 wanted	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	want	past	Most		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	leave not said to happen	to-infinitive	Most not said here	the UK	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent uk=Theme
3	want	past	many in the north east		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	stay not said to happen	to-infinitive	many in the north east not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The island was split by an earthquake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 island	det
2	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 split	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 split	aux:pass
4	split	split	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 earthquake	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 earthquake	det
7	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 split	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	split	past · passive	a earthquake	the island					vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 4

The British wanted only the south

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 British	det
2	British	British	PROPN	_	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 south	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 south	det
6	south	south	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	the British	the south					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot south=Theme

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