--- title: Gibraltar became British in 1704. Why is it so useful to a sea power? — The British Isles and the United Kingdom · tree and pragmatics description: Gibraltar became British in 1704. Why is it so useful to a sea power? Test 9 · ★ 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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · The British Isles and the United Kingdom Gibraltar became British in 1704. Why is it so useful to a sea power? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Gibraltar, it · **What happens:** become, be · **To what, where:** 1704 This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Gibraltar became British in 1704. ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:8-the-british-isles-and-the-united-kingdom:t9:1 # text = Gibraltar became British in 1704. 1 Gibraltar Gibraltar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 British British ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 1704 1704 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | Gibraltar | | | | | in 1704 *result*; british *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in 1704=Result | 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. *Sentence 2:* Why is it so useful to a sea power? ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:8-the-british-isles-and-the-united-kingdom:t9:2 # text = Why is it so useful to a sea power? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 useful useful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | to a sea power; useful *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It guards the entrance to the Mediterranean ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:8-the-british-isles-and-the-united-kingdom:t9:o1:1 # text = It guards the entrance to the Mediterranean 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 guards guard VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 entrance entrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Mediterranean Mediterranean PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guard** | present | It | the entrance | | | | to the Mediterranean | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent entrance=Beneficiary | ### Option 2 {#o2} It is in the middle of the Atlantic ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:8-the-british-isles-and-the-united-kingdom:t9:o2:1 # text = It is in the middle of the Atlantic 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Atlantic Atlantic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | the middle | | of the Atlantic | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} It has the richest farms in Europe ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:8-the-british-isles-and-the-united-kingdom:t9:o3:1 # text = It has the richest farms in Europe 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 richest rich ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 farms farm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Europe Europe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | It | the richest farms | | Europe | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farm=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is the highest rock in Europe ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:8-the-british-isles-and-the-united-kingdom:t9:o4:1 # text = It is the highest rock in Europe 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 highest high ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Europe Europe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | the highest rock | | Europe | | | tree rules | **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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