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title: Welsh kid at school asks why Wales isn't on the Union Jack. What's t… — Britain and Ireland: a short story · tree and pragmatics
description: Welsh kid at school asks why Wales isn't on the Union Jack. What's the answer? Test 1 of lesson 37 «Britain and Ireland: a short story» of the history 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 1 · Britain and Ireland: a short story

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Welsh kid at school asks why Wales isn't on the Union Jack. What's the answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Welsh kid, answer · **What happens:** ask, not be, be · **To what, where:** Wales Union Jack

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This is test 1 of lesson 37 «Britain and Ireland: a short story» of the history 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/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Welsh kid at school asks why Wales isn't on the Union Jack.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:t1:1
# text = Welsh kid at school asks why Wales isn't on the Union Jack.
1	Welsh	welsh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
7	Wales	Wales	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	Union	Union	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Welsh kid at school |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present |  |  |  | the Wales Union Jack |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's the answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:t1:2
# text = What's the answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Wales joined in 2000

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:t1:o1:1
# text = Wales joined in 2000
1	Wales	Wales	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	joined	join	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	2000	2000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | past | Wales |  |  |  |  | in 2000 | vn cooperate-73.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in 2000=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Wales is the blue part

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:t1:o2:1
# text = Wales is the blue part
1	Wales	Wales	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	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	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Wales | the blue part |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The flag combines England's, Scotland's and Ireland's crosses, and Wales is not shown

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:t1:o3:1
# text = The flag combines England's, Scotland's and Ireland's crosses, and Wales is not shown
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flag	flag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	combines	combine	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	England	England	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	crosses	cross	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
15	Wales	Wales	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux:pass	_	_
17	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
18	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **combine** | present | the flag | England and Scotland's Ireland crosses |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cross=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **show** | present · passive |  | Wales |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Wales has its own flag hidden inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story:t1:o4:1
# text = Wales has its own flag hidden inside
1	Wales	Wales	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	flag	flag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Wales | its own flag |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flag=Patient |
| 2 | **hide** | participle |  | its own flag *not said here* |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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