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title: «why'd they build brasília in the middle of nowhere» Which is the be… — Latin America and the Caribbean · tree and pragmatics
description: «why'd they build brasília in the middle of nowhere» Which is the best answer? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 14 «Latin America and the Caribbean» 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 was right.
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Latin America and the Caribbean

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«why'd they build brasília in the middle of nowhere» Which is the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** they, middle · **What happens:** build, be · **To what, where:** brasília, middle · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 14 «Latin America and the Caribbean» 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/14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean:t11:1
# text = «why'd they build brasília in the middle of nowhere» Which is the best answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'd	'd	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	build	build	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	brasília	brasília	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
11	nowhere	nowhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	17	amod	_	_
17	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** *in a quote* | present | they | brasília |  | the middle |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset brasília=Product |
| 2 | **be** *speech: assert* | present | the middle |  |  |  |  | of the best answer; nowhere *property* | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Because Rio sank into the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean:t11:o1:1
# text = Because Rio sank into the sea
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	Rio	Rio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sank	sink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink** | past | Rio |  |  | the sea |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Because the Portuguese king lived there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean:t11:o2:1
# text = Because the Portuguese king lived there
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Portuguese	portuguese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | the Portuguese king |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Because the Amazon flooded every coastal city in Brazil, so they had to move inland

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean:t11:o3:1
# text = Because the Amazon flooded every coastal city in Brazil, so they had to move inland
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Amazon	Amazon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	flooded	flood	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
6	coastal	coastal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Brazil	Brazil	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	inland	inland	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flood** | past | the Amazon | every coastal city |  | Brazil |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent city=Patient |
| 2 | **have** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **move** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | inland *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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To bring people and growth into the inland of the country, away from the coast

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean:t11:o4:1
# text = To bring people and growth into the inland of the country, away from the coast
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	growth	growth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	inland	inland	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | to-infinitive |  | people and growth |  | the inland of the country |  | away *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent people=Theme into inland=Destination |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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