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title: Britain and France drew straight-line borders for Iraq, Syria and Jo… — How empires fell: the map of the 20th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Britain and France drew straight-line borders for Iraq, Syria and Jordan. What earlier lesson does this match? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 37 «How empires fell: the map of the 20th century» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 9 · ★ · How empires fell: the map of the 20th century

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Britain and France drew straight-line borders for Iraq, Syria and Jordan. What earlier lesson does this match?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Britain · **What happens:** draw, do · **To what, where:** line borders, match

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 37 «How empires fell: the map of the 20th century» 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/37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Britain and France drew straight-line borders for Iraq, Syria and Jordan.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century:t9:1
# text = Britain and France drew straight-line borders for Iraq, Syria and Jordan.
1	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	borders	border	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Iraq	Iraq	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	Syria	Syria	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	Jordan	Jordan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | past | Britain and France | line borders |  |  |  | for Iraq and Syria and Jordan | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent border=Result for iraq=Beneficiary |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What earlier lesson does this match?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century:t9:2
# text = What earlier lesson does this match?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	earlier	early	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | this match |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Borders always follow rivers and mountain ridges

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century:t9:o1:1
# text = Borders always follow rivers and mountain ridges
1	Borders	border	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	follow	follow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	ridges	ridge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | present | Borders | rivers and mountain ridges |  |  |  | always *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Borders that never change

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century:t9:o2:1
# text = Borders that never change
1	Borders	border	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	change	change	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **change** | present | Borders |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Outsiders drawing borders on maps, as in Africa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century:t9:o3:1
# text = Outsiders drawing borders on maps, as in Africa
1	Outsiders	outsider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	drawing	draw	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	borders	border	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	maps	map	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | gerund | Outsiders as Africa *not said here* | borders |  | maps |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent border=Theme on map=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Borders drawn by local people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century:t9:o4:1
# text = Borders drawn by local people
1	Borders	border	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	local	local	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | participle |  | Borders *not said here* |  |  |  | by local people | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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