--- title: Why was Ireland divided in 1921 and 1922? — The British Isles and the United Kingdom · tree and pragmatics description: Why was Ireland divided in 1921 and 1922? Test 8 · ★ 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. --- [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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · The British Isles and the United Kingdom Why was Ireland divided in 1921 and 1922? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** divide · **To what, where:** 1921 This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:8-the-british-isles-and-the-united-kingdom:t8:1 # text = Why was Ireland divided in 1921 and 1922? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 divided divide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 1921 1921 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 1922 1922 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **divide** | past · passive | | | | 1921 | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V» | 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 Pope ordered it ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:8-the-british-isles-and-the-united-kingdom:t8:o1:1 # text = The Pope ordered it 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Pope Pope PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **order** | past | the Pope | it | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Most wanted to leave the UK, but many in the north-east wanted to stay ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:8-the-british-isles-and-the-united-kingdom:t8:o2:1 # text = Most wanted to leave the UK, but many in the north-east wanted to stay 1 Most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 UK UK PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 9 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 nsubj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 east east NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 15 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | Most | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Most *not said here* | the UK | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent uk=Theme | | 3 | **want** | past | many in the north east | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | many in the north east *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The island was split by an earthquake ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:8-the-british-isles-and-the-united-kingdom:t8:o3:1 # text = The island was split by an earthquake 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 split split VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 earthquake earthquake NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **split** | past · passive | a earthquake | the island | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} The British wanted only the south ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:8-the-british-isles-and-the-united-kingdom:t8:o4:1 # text = The British wanted only the south 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 British British PROPN NNP _ 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 south south NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | the British | the south | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot south=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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