Exam question 3 · Population and cities
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the most populous states in 2026.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response
This is exam question 3 of lesson 24 «Population and cities» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Select | select | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 response | det |
| 3 | response | response | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Select | obj |
| 4 | consistent | consistent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Select | xcomp |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 facts | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 facts | det |
| 7 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 facts | amod |
| 8 | facts | fact | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 consistent | obl |
| 9 | concerning | concern | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 states | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 states | det |
| 11 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 12 populous | advmod |
| 12 | populous | populous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 states | amod |
| 13 | states | state | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 facts | nmod |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 2026 | case |
| 15 | 2026 | 2026 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 13 states | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | select | imperative | you not said here | the response | consistent property | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | |||
| 2 | establish | participle | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||||
| 3 | concern | gerund | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
India and China each comprise approximately 1.4 billion persons
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | India | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 comprise | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 China | cc |
| 3 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 India | conj |
| 4 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 comprise | advmod |
| 5 | comprise | comprise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | approximately | approximately | ADV | _ | 8 billion | advmod |
| 7 | 1.4 | 1.4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 billion | compound |
| 8 | billion | billion | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 persons | nummod |
| 9 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 comprise | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | comprise | present | India and China | billion persons | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme person=Pivot |
Option 2
China has never been exceeded in population by any state
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 exceeded | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 exceeded | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 exceeded | advmod |
| 4 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 exceeded | aux:pass |
| 5 | exceeded | exceed | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 population | case |
| 7 | population | population | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 exceeded | obl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 state | case |
| 9 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 state | det |
| 10 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 exceeded | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not exceed | present · perfect · passive | any state | China | in population | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme in population=Attribute |
Option 3
The United States comprises the greatest number of persons of any state
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 comprises | nsubj |
| 4 | comprises | comprise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 number | det |
| 6 | greatest | great | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 number | amod |
| 7 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 comprises | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 persons | case |
| 9 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 number | nmod |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 state | case |
| 11 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 12 state | det |
| 12 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 persons | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | comprise | present | the United States | the greatest number of persons of any state | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme number=Pivot |
Option 4
Russia comprises more persons than India and China combined
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | Russia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 comprises | nsubj |
| 2 | comprises | comprise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 persons | amod |
| 4 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 combined | nsubj |
| 5 | than | than | ADP | _ | 6 India | case |
| 6 | India | India | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 persons | nmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 China | cc |
| 8 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 India | conj |
| 9 | combined | combine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 comprises | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | comprise | present | Russia | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | combine | past | more persons than India and China | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
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