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title: Why does London have mild winters, while Labrador at the same latitu… — The British Isles and the United Kingdom · tree and pragmatics
description: Why does London have mild winters, while Labrador at the same latitude freezes? Test 6 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 6 · ★ · The British Isles and the United Kingdom

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Why does London have mild winters, while Labrador at the same latitude freezes?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** London, Labrador · **What happens:** have, freeze

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:8-the-british-isles-and-the-united-kingdom:t6:1
# text = Why does London have mild winters, while Labrador at the same latitude freezes?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	mild	mild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	winters	winter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
8	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
9	Labrador	Labrador	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	latitude	latitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	freezes	freeze	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	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 | **have** | present · do-support | London |  |  |  | winter |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **freeze** | present | Labrador at the same latitude |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Labrador is higher up in the mountains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:8-the-british-isles-and-the-united-kingdom:t6:o1:1
# text = Labrador is higher up in the mountains
1	Labrador	labrador	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	higher	high	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **high up** | present · passive |  | Labrador |  | the mountains |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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London gets more hours of winter sun than anywhere else

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:8-the-british-isles-and-the-united-kingdom:t6:o2:1
# text = London gets more hours of winter sun than anywhere else
1	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	2	advmod	_	_
10	else	else	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | London |  |  |  | hour | anywhere *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Britain has more volcanoes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:8-the-british-isles-and-the-united-kingdom:t6:o3:1
# text = Britain has more volcanoes
1	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	volcanoes	volcano	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Britain | more volcanoes |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent volcano=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Warm Atlantic water and westerly winds warm Britain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:8-the-british-isles-and-the-united-kingdom:t6:o4:1
# text = Warm Atlantic water and westerly winds warm Britain
1	Warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	Atlantic	Atlantic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	westerly	westerly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	winds	wind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
7	warm	warm	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warm** | present | Warm Atlantic water and westerly winds | Britain |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent britain=Patient |

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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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