--- title: Why is English useful in a country such as Nigeria, where hundreds o… — Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Irelan… · tree and pragmatics description: Why is English useful in a country such as Nigeria, where hundreds of languages are spoken? Test 10 of lesson 10 «Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and the rest of the English-speaking world» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/10-canada-australia-new-zealand-ireland-and-the-english-speaking-world/t10/) [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/) / [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/) / [Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Irelan…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/10-canada-australia-new-zealand-ireland-and-the-english-speaking-world/) / t10 # Test 10 · Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and the rest of th… Why is English useful in a country such as Nigeria, where hundreds of languages are spoken? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, speak · **To what, where:** country, hundreds · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 of lesson 10 «Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and the rest of the English-speaking world» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/geography/10-canada-australia-new-zealand-ireland-and-the-english-speaking-world/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:10-canada-australia-new-zealand-ireland-and-the-english-speaking-world:t10:1 # text = Why is English useful in a country such as Nigeria, where hundreds of languages are spoken? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 useful useful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 10 case _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 10 Nigeria Nigeria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 17 advmod _ _ 13 hundreds hundred NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 languages language NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 16 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | a country such Nigeria | | useful *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · passive | | hundreds of languages | | | | | tree rules | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It is the only language anyone there speaks ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:10-canada-australia-new-zealand-ireland-and-the-english-speaking-world:t10:o1:1 # text = It is the only language anyone there speaks 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 0 root _ _ 7 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 8 speaks speak VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | anyone | | there | | | tree rules | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} It was chosen in 2025 ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:10-canada-australia-new-zealand-ireland-and-the-english-speaking-world:t10:o2:1 # text = It was chosen in 2025 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 2025 2025 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | past · passive | | It | | 2025 | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It lets people from different language groups understand each other ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:10-canada-australia-new-zealand-ireland-and-the-english-speaking-world:t10:o3:1 # text = It lets people from different language groups understand each other 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lets let VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 from from SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 groups group NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 understand understand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 9 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 8 obj _ _ 10 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 fixed _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | present | It | people | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme | | 2 | **understand** | present | different language groups | each | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer each=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nigerian languages have no words for numbers ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:10-canada-australia-new-zealand-ireland-and-the-english-speaking-world:t10:o4:1 # text = Nigerian languages have no words for numbers 1 Nigerian nigerian NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 languages language NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Nigerian languages | no words | | | | for numbers | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=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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