--- title: why tf do they speak Arabic in Morocco, it's miles from Arabia — Languages and peoples on the map · tree and pragmatics description: why tf do they speak Arabic in Morocco, it's miles from Arabia Test 2 of lesson 25 «Languages and peoples on the map» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/25-languages-and-peoples-on-the-map/t2/) [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/) / [Languages and peoples on the map](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/25-languages-and-peoples-on-the-map/) / t2 # Test 2 · Languages and peoples on the map why tf do they speak Arabic in Morocco, it's miles from Arabia **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** tf, it · **What happens:** speak, be · **To what, where:** Arabic, Morocco, miles, Arabia · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 of lesson 25 «Languages and peoples on the map» 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/25-languages-and-peoples-on-the-map/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:25-languages-and-peoples-on-the-map:t2:1 # text = why tf do they speak Arabic in Morocco, it's miles from Arabia 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 tf tf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 Arabic Arabic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Morocco Morocco PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Arabia Arabia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · do-support | tf | Arabic | | Morocco | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | it | miles | | Arabia | | | 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 {#o1} It was brought by the British ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:25-languages-and-peoples-on-the-map:t2:o1:1 # text = It was brought by the British 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 British British ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past · passive | | It | | | | by the British | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Moroccans invented Arabic first and took it east to Arabia later ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:25-languages-and-peoples-on-the-map:t2:o2:1 # text = Moroccans invented Arabic first and took it east to Arabia later 1 Moroccans moroccan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 invented invent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Arabic Arabic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 2 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 east east ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Arabia Arabia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **invent** | past | Moroccans | Arabic | | | | first, late *property* | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arabic=Result | | 2 | **take** | past | Moroccans *not said here* | it | Arabia | | | east *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to arabia=Destination | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Arabic spread across North Africa after the 600s ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:25-languages-and-peoples-on-the-map:t2:o3:1 # text = Arabic spread across North Africa after the 600s 1 Arabic Arabic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 across across ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Africa Africa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 after after ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 600s 600 NOUN NNS Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | past | Arabic | | | North Africa | after the 600s | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme across africa=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} Arabic is spoken everywhere hot ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:25-languages-and-peoples-on-the-map:t2:o4:1 # text = Arabic is spoken everywhere hot 1 Arabic Arabic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 everywhere everywhere ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 5 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · passive | | Arabic | | | | hot *property* | 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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