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title: Britain and Ireland: a short story — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · History
description: The 14 test and exam questions of lesson 37 «Britain and Ireland: a short story» of the history course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Britain and Ireland: a short story

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The 14 questions of lesson 37 «Britain and Ireland: a short story» of the history course of Mova's primary school with their options, 76 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/t1/) — Welsh kid at school asks why Wales isn't on the Union Jack. What's the answer? — right ✓
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/t2/) — Dave reckons English is pure, never borrowed a word. What do you tell him? — right ✓
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/t3/) — A king in 1300 wants to throw a man in prison without a trial. What might the man point to? — right ✓
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/t4/) — Why do millions of Americans have Irish ancestors? — wrong ✗
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/t5/) — How can the king be the head of the country but not decide politics? — wrong ✗
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/t6/) — The British Empire is shown on a map as only good. What is fairer? — right ✓
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/t7/) — mate says the irish famine was just bad luck with the weather. what's closer? — wrong ✗
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/t8/) — In 1066 an English farmer goes to bed with one king and wakes up later with another. Why? — right ✓
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/t9/) — Ireland went from long conflict to peace in 1998. What does that show? — right ✓
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/t10/) — Who is the British monarch after Elizabeth II? — wrong ✗
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/e1/) — Identify the principle established by the charter known as Magna Carta in twelve hundred and fifteen. — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the effect of the Norman Conquest upon the English language? — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/e3/) — Ascertain the principal cause of the Great Famine in Ireland commencing in eighteen hundred and forty-five. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/e4/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. — wrong ✗ · exam

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