Test 1 · East, South and South-East Asia: countries and capitals
Jack says: «China's got the most people in the world, everyone knows that.» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jack, China, everyone · What happens: say, get, know, be · To what, where: most people, world, that · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 11 «East, South and South-East Asia: countries and capitals» 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.
The question
Sentence 1: Jack says: «China's got the most people in the world, everyone knows that.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 got | punct |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 got | punct |
| 5 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 got | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 got | aux |
| 7 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 says | ccomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 people | det |
| 9 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 10 people | amod |
| 10 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 got | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 world | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 world | det |
| 13 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 people | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 knows | punct |
| 15 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 16 knows | nsubj |
| 16 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 got | conj |
| 17 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 16 knows | obj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Jack | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | get in a quote | present · passive | China | the most people | the world | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | know in a quote | present | everyone | that | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus |
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: What is right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
The United States has the most people
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 States | det |
| 2 | United | United | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 States | amod |
| 3 | States | State | PROPN | Number=Plur | 4 has | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 people | det |
| 6 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 people | amod |
| 7 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | the United States | the most people | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient |
Option 2
India has twice as many people as China
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | India | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 5 many | advmod |
| 4 | as | as | ADV | _ | 5 many | advmod |
| 5 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 people | amod |
| 6 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 has | obj |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 China | case |
| 8 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 people | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | India | many people | as China | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
India overtook China around 2023, though both have about 1.4 billion people
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | India | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 overtook | nsubj |
| 2 | overtook | overtake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 overtook | obj |
| 4 | around | around | ADP | _ | 5 2023 | case |
| 5 | 2023 | 2023 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 overtook | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 have | punct |
| 7 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 9 have | mark |
| 8 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 have | nsubj |
| 9 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 overtook | conj |
| 10 | about | about | ADV | _ | 12 billion | advmod |
| 11 | 1.4 | 1.4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 12 billion | compound |
| 12 | billion | billion | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 people | nummod |
| 13 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | overtake | past | India | China | 2023 | tree rules | |||
| 2 | have | present | both | billion people | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient |
Option 4
China is still far ahead of India, by about 300 million people or more
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 ahead | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 ahead | cop |
| 3 | still | still | ADV | _ | 5 ahead | advmod |
| 4 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 ahead | advmod |
| 5 | ahead | ahead | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 India | case |
| 7 | India | India | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 ahead | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 people | punct |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 people | case |
| 10 | about | about | ADV | _ | 12 million | advmod |
| 11 | 300 | 300 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 12 million | compound |
| 12 | million | million | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 people | nummod |
| 13 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 ahead | parataxis |
| 14 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 more | cc |
| 15 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 13 people | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | China | still | of India; ahead, far property | 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. Elamur Cosmic License.
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