--- title: Why do islands add so much to a country's coastline? — Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Irelan… · tree and pragmatics description: Why do islands add so much to a country's coastline? Test 5 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 question and of each option; Mova's choice wa --- [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/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and the rest of th… Why do islands add so much to a country's coastline? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** islands · **What happens:** add This is test 5 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:10-canada-australia-new-zealand-ireland-and-the-english-speaking-world:t5:1 # text = Why do islands add so much to a country's coastline? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 add add VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 much much ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 coastline coastline NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | islands | | | | | to a country's coastline | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to coastline=Co-Patient | 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} Islands make the sea deeper ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:10-canada-australia-new-zealand-ireland-and-the-english-speaking-world:t5:o1:1 # text = Islands make the sea deeper 1 Islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 deeper deep ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Islands | the sea | | | | deep *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sea=Product | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Every island has its own shore all the way round ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:10-canada-australia-new-zealand-ireland-and-the-english-speaking-world:t5:o2:1 # text = Every island has its own shore all the way round 1 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 10 round round ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | every island | island's own shore | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shore=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The sea pushes the coast further out around each of them ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:10-canada-australia-new-zealand-ireland-and-the-english-speaking-world:t5:o3:1 # text = The sea pushes the coast further out around each of them 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 pushes push VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 coast coast NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 further further ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 out out ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 8 around around ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 3 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push** | present | the sea | the coast | | each | | out *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent coast=Theme around each=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} Islands are counted twice ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:10-canada-australia-new-zealand-ireland-and-the-english-speaking-world:t5:o4:1 # text = Islands are counted twice 1 Islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 counted count VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | present · passive | | Islands | | | | twice *property* | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | **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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