--- title: wtf, why's the border between Egypt and Libya just a straight line,… — Borders: why they are where they are · tree and pragmatics description: wtf, why's the border between Egypt and Libya just a straight line, did they run out of hills or what Test 5 · ★ of lesson 31 «Borders: why they are where they are» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are/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/) / [Borders: why they are where they are](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Borders: why they are where they are wtf, why's the border between Egypt and Libya just a straight line, did they run out of hills or what **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wtf · **What happens:** be, run · **To what, where:** border, hills This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 31 «Borders: why they are where they are» 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/31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t5:1 # text = wtf, why's the border between Egypt and Libya just a straight line, did they run out of hills or what 1 wtf wtf NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 border border NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 7 between between ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 Libya Libya PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 11 just just ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 straight straight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 16 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 19 out out ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 22 or or CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the border | | | | between Egypt and Libya a straight line | tree rules | | 2 | **run** | past · do-support | wtf | | | hills | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out hill=Trajectory | 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} The Romans built a straight wall there ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t5:o1:1 # text = The Romans built a straight wall there 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Romans Roman PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 built build VERB VBD Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 straight straight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build** | past | the Romans | a straight wall | | there | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} Egypt and Libya are perfectly flat everywhere ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t5:o2:1 # text = Egypt and Libya are perfectly flat everywhere 1 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 Libya Libya PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 perfectly perfectly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 flat flat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 everywhere everywhere ADV RB PronType=Tot 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Egypt and Libya | | | | | everywhere, flat, perfectly *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Outsiders drew it with a ruler on a map ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t5:o3:1 # text = Outsiders drew it with a ruler on a map 1 Outsiders outsider NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ruler ruler NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 map map NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | past | Outsiders | it | | a map | | with a ruler | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on map=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} A straight river used to run there ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t5:o4:1 # text = A straight river used to run there 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 straight straight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 7 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | participle | | a straight river *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **run** | to-infinitive | | | | there | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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