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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises popu… — Population and cities · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises population density? Exam question 2 of lesson 24 «Population and cities» of the geography 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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# Exam question 2 · Population and cities

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises population density?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** population density

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This is exam question 2 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/geography/24-population-and-cities/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:24-population-and-cities:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises population density?
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	population	population	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	density	density	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	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 |  | population density |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The proportion of inhabitants residing in towns and cities

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:24-population-and-cities:e2:o1:1
# text = The proportion of inhabitants residing in towns and cities
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	proportion	proportion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	residing	reside	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	towns	town	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reside** | gerund | inhabitants *not said here* |  |  | towns and cities |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in town=Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The number of inhabitants per square kilometre of territory

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:24-population-and-cities:e2:o2:1
# text = The number of inhabitants per square kilometre of territory
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	per	per	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	square	square	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	kilometre	kilometre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	territory	territory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The aggregate number of inhabitants of a sovereign state

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:24-population-and-cities:e2:o3:1
# text = The aggregate number of inhabitants of a sovereign state
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	aggregate	aggregate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	sovereign	sovereign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The average age of the inhabitants of a territory

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:24-population-and-cities:e2:o4:1
# text = The average age of the inhabitants of a territory
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	average	average	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	territory	territory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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