--- title: Why might a capital in the middle of the two main islands make sense… — Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Irelan… · tree and pragmatics description: Why might a capital in the middle of the two main islands make sense for New Zealand? Test 8 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 --- [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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and the rest of th… Why might a capital in the middle of the two main islands make sense for New Zealand? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** capital · **What happens:** make · **To what, where:** sense This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:10-canada-australia-new-zealand-ireland-and-the-english-speaking-world:t8:1 # text = Why might a capital in the middle of the two main islands make sense for New Zealand? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 11 main main ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 13 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 sense sense NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 flat _ _ 17 Zealand Zealand PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | a capital in the middle of the two main islands | sense | | | | for New Zealand | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent sense=Product for zealand=Beneficiary | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It is easy to reach from both islands ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:10-canada-australia-new-zealand-ireland-and-the-english-speaking-world:t8:o1:1 # text = It is easy to reach from both islands 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 csubj _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | easy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **reach** | to-infinitive | | | | both islands | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} It is the biggest city ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:10-canada-australia-new-zealand-ireland-and-the-english-speaking-world:t8:o2:1 # text = It is the biggest city 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 biggest big ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | the biggest city | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} It is the warmest city in the country ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:10-canada-australia-new-zealand-ireland-and-the-english-speaking-world:t8:o3:1 # text = It is the warmest city in the country 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 warmest warm ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | the warmest city | | the country | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is the closest city to Australia ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:10-canada-australia-new-zealand-ireland-and-the-english-speaking-world:t8:o4:1 # text = It is the closest city to Australia 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 closest close ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Australia Australia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | the closest city | Australia | | | | tree rules | **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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