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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.»

nsubjpunctpunctnsubjauxccompdetamodobjcasedetnmodpunctnsubjconjobjpunctpunctrootJackPROPNsaysVERB:PUNCT«PUNCTChinaPROPN'sAUXgotVERBtheDETmostADJpeopleNOUNinADPtheDETworldNOUN,PUNCTeveryonePRONknowsVERBthatPRON.PUNCT»PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1JackJackPROPNNumber=Sing2 saysnsubj
2sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3::PUNCT_7 gotpunct
4««PUNCT_7 gotpunct
5ChinaChinaPROPNNumber=Sing7 gotnsubj
6'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 gotaux
7gotgetVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part2 saysccomp
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 peopledet
9mostmostADJDegree=Sup10 peopleamod
10peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur7 gotobj
11ininADP_13 worldcase
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 worlddet
13worldworldNOUNNumber=Sing10 peoplenmod
14,,PUNCT_16 knowspunct
15everyoneeveryonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Tot16 knowsnsubj
16knowsknowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 gotconj
17thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem16 knowsobj
18..PUNCT_2 sayspunct
19»»PUNCT_2 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentJackvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2get in a quotepresent · passiveChinathe most peoplethe worldvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus
3know in a quotepresenteveryonethatvn 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?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRONisAUXrightADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 rightnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 rightpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentright propertytree rules

The options

Option 1

The United States has the most people

detamodnsubjdetamodobjrootTheDETUnitedADJStatesPROPNhasVERBtheDETmostADJpeopleNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 Statesdet
2UnitedUnitedADJDegree=Pos3 Statesamod
3StatesStatePROPNNumber=Plur4 hasnsubj
4hashaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 peopledet
6mostmostADJDegree=Sup7 peopleamod
7peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur4 hasobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepresentthe United Statesthe most peoplevn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient

Option 2

India has twice as many people as China

nsubjadvmodadvmodamodobjcasenmodrootIndiaPROPNhasVERBtwiceADVasADVmanyADJpeopleNOUNasADPChinaPROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IndiaIndiaPROPNNumber=Sing2 hasnsubj
2hashaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3twicetwiceADVNumForm=Word NumType=Mult5 manyadvmod
4asasADV_5 manyadvmod
5manymanyADJDegree=Pos6 peopleamod
6peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur2 hasobj
7asasADP_8 Chinacase
8ChinaChinaPROPNNumber=Sing6 peoplenmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepresentIndiamany peopleas Chinavn 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

nsubjobjcaseoblpunctmarknsubjconjadvmodcompoundnummodobjrootIndiaPROPNovertookVERBChinaPROPNaroundADP2023NUM,PUNCTthoughSCONJbothDEThaveVERBaboutADV1.4NUMbillionNUMpeopleNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IndiaIndiaPROPNNumber=Sing2 overtooknsubj
2overtookovertakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3ChinaChinaPROPNNumber=Sing2 overtookobj
4aroundaroundADP_5 2023case
520232023NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card2 overtookobl
6,,PUNCT_9 havepunct
7thoughthoughSCONJ_9 havemark
8bothbothDETPronType=Tot9 havensubj
9havehaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 overtookconj
10aboutaboutADV_12 billionadvmod
111.41.4NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card12 billioncompound
12billionbillionNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card13 peoplenummod
13peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur9 haveobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1overtakepastIndiaChina2023tree rules
2havepresentbothbillion peoplevn 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
nsubjcopadvmodadvmodcaseoblpunctcaseadvmodcompoundnummodparataxisccconjrootChinaPROPNisAUXstillADVfarADVaheadADVofADPIndiaPROPN,PUNCTbyADPaboutADV300NUMmillionNUMpeopleNOUNorCCONJmoreADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ChinaChinaPROPNNumber=Sing5 aheadnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 aheadcop
3stillstillADV_5 aheadadvmod
4farfarADVDegree=Pos5 aheadadvmod
5aheadaheadADV_rootroot
6ofofADP_7 Indiacase
7IndiaIndiaPROPNNumber=Sing5 aheadobl
8,,PUNCT_13 peoplepunct
9bybyADP_13 peoplecase
10aboutaboutADV_12 millionadvmod
11300300NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card12 millioncompound
12millionmillionNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card13 peoplenummod
13peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur5 aheadparataxis
14ororCCONJ_15 morecc
15moremoreADJDegree=Cmp13 peopleconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentChinastillof India; ahead, far propertytree 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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