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title: Why do few people live in the Outback? — The UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why do few people live in the Outback? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 45 «The UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand» of the world 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 8 · ★ · The UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand

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Why do few people live in the Outback?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** few people · **What happens:** live · **To what, where:** Outback

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 45 «The UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand» of the world 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/world/45-uk-ireland-canada-australia-nz/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:45-uk-ireland-canada-australia-nz:t8:1
# text = Why do few people live in the Outback?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Outback	Outback	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | few people |  |  | the Outback |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in outback=Location |

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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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It lies under the sea at every high tide

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:45-uk-ireland-canada-australia-nz:t8:o1:1
# text = It lies under the sea at every high tide
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lies	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
8	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | present | It |  |  | the sea |  | at every high tide | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under sea=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is covered with thick dark forests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:45-uk-ireland-canada-australia-nz:t8:o2:1
# text = It is covered with thick dark forests
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	forests	forest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | with thick dark forests | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with forest=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is far too cold to build any houses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:45-uk-ireland-canada-australia-nz:t8:o3:1
# text = It is far too cold to build any houses
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	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	build	build	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | cold, far *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **build** | to-infinitive |  | any houses |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset house=Product |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is very hot and has little water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:45-uk-ireland-canada-australia-nz:t8:o4:1
# text = It is very hot and has little water
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present |  | little water |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=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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