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title: Why are Britain's mountains mostly in the north and west? — The British Isles and the United Kingdom · tree and pragmatics
description: Why are Britain's mountains mostly in the north and west? Test 4 · ★ 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.
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# Test 4 · ★ · The British Isles and the United Kingdom

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Why are Britain's mountains mostly in the north and west?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mountains · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** north

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:8-the-british-isles-and-the-united-kingdom:t4:1
# text = Why are Britain's mountains mostly in the north and west?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nsubj	_	_
6	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	west	west	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Britain's mountains |  |  | the north and west |  | why *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 -->
The sea pushed the land up in the west, while the east sank under the weight of its cities

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:8-the-british-isles-and-the-united-kingdom:t4:o1:1
# text = The sea pushed the land up in the west, while the east sank under the weight of its cities
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pushed	push	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	west	west	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	east	east	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	sank	sink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
15	under	under	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push up** | past | the sea | the land |  | the west |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent land=Theme in west=Trajectory |
| 2 | **sink** | past | the east |  |  | the weight of east's cities |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The hard old rocks there resisted wear, while the south-east is softer, lower land

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:8-the-british-isles-and-the-united-kingdom:t4:o2:1
# text = The hard old rocks there resisted wear, while the south-east is softer, lower land
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
6	resisted	resist	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	wear	wear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
9	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	south	south	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	east	east	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	softer	soft	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	lower	low	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	18	amod	_	_
18	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resist** | participle |  |  |  | there |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the south east |  |  |  |  | lower land *obl*; soft *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Snow built them up over the winters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:8-the-british-isles-and-the-united-kingdom:t4:o3:1
# text = Snow built them up over the winters
1	Snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	winters	winter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build up** | past | Snow | them *= they* |  |  | winter |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer they=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Kings piled up earth in the north

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:8-the-british-isles-and-the-united-kingdom:t4:o4:1
# text = Kings piled up earth in the north
1	Kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	piled	pile	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pile up** | participle | Kings *not said here* | earth |  | the north |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in north=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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