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# Exam question 1 · East, South and South-East Asia: countries and capitals

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the population of the People's Republic of China relative to that of the Republic of India?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Republic · **What happens:** follow, characteris, relative · **To what, where:** population

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 11 «East, South and South-East Asia: countries and capitals» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/geography/11-east-south-and-south-east-asia/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:11-east-south-and-south-east-asia:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the population of the People's Republic of China relative to that of the Republic of India?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	population	population	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	People	People	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	Republic	Republic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	relative	relative	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	obl	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	Republic	Republic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the population |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **relative** | present | the People's Republic of China | the population *not said here* |  |  |  | to the population | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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China, with approximately 1.4 billion inhabitants, was overtaken by India in or about the year 2023

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:11-east-south-and-south-east-asia:e1:o1:1
# text = China, with approximately 1.4 billion inhabitants, was overtaken by India in or about the year 2023
1	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	1.4	1.4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	compound	_	_
6	billion	billion	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	overtaken	overtake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	conj	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
18	2023	2023	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	17	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overtake** | past · passive | India | China and billion inhabitants |  |  | year |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The two states have never been compared by population, there being no census in either

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:11-east-south-and-south-east-asia:e1:o2:1
# text = The two states have never been compared by population, there being no census in either
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	states	state	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	compared	compare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	population	population	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	14	expl	_	_
12	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	cop	_	_
13	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
14	census	census	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	either	either	CCONJ	CC	_	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **compare** | present · perfect · passive | population | the two states |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | gerund |  | no census |  | there |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
India possesses a population approximately double that of China

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:11-east-south-and-south-east-asia:e1:o3:1
# text = India possesses a population approximately double that of China
1	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	possesses	possess	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	population	population	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	double	double	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	nsubj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | present | India | a population |  |  |  | double China; approximately *property* | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot population=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
China retains a population substantially exceeding that of India

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:11-east-south-and-south-east-asia:e1:o4:1
# text = China retains a population substantially exceeding that of India
1	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	retains	retain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	population	population	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	substantially	substantially	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	exceeding	exceed	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **retain** | present | China | a population |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **exceed** | gerund | China *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of India; substantially *property* | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |

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