--- title: Why does the west of Britain get more rain than the east? — The British Isles and the United Kingdom · tree and pragmatics description: Why does the west of Britain get more rain than the east? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 8 «The British Isles and the United Kingdom» 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/8-the-british-isles-and-the-united-kingdom/t3/) [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/) / [The British Isles and the United Kingdom](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/8-the-british-isles-and-the-united-kingdom/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · The British Isles and the United Kingdom Why does the west of Britain get more rain than the east? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** west · **What happens:** do, get · **To what, where:** west, more rain This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 8 «The British Isles and the United Kingdom» 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/8-the-british-isles-and-the-united-kingdom/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:8-the-british-isles-and-the-united-kingdom:t3:1 # text = Why does the west of Britain get more rain than the east? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 west west NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Britain Britain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 7 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 amod _ _ 9 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 than than ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 east east NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | | the west | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent west=Eventuality | | 2 | **get** | present | the west *not said here* | more rain | | | | of Britain; than the east | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rain=Stimulus | 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} The west has more rivers that make rain ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:8-the-british-isles-and-the-united-kingdom:t3:o1:1 # text = The west has more rivers that make rain 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 west west NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | the west | more rivers | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Patient | | 2 | **make** | present | more rivers | rain | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rain=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} Rain clouds come from Russia ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:8-the-british-isles-and-the-united-kingdom:t3:o2:1 # text = Rain clouds come from Russia 1 Rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Russia Russia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | Rain clouds | | | Russia | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from russia=Initial\_Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} The east is closer to the Sun ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:8-the-british-isles-and-the-united-kingdom:t3:o3:1 # text = The east is closer to the Sun 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 east east NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 closer close ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the east | | | | | to the Sun; close *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Wet winds from the Atlantic drop rain on the western hills first ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:8-the-british-isles-and-the-united-kingdom:t3:o4:1 # text = Wet winds from the Atlantic drop rain on the western hills first 1 Wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Atlantic Atlantic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 drop drop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 western western ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 12 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drop** | present | Wet winds from the Atlantic | rain | | the western hills | | first *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent rain=Theme on hill=Destination | **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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