--- title: Why can a small country hold more people than a huge one? — Population and cities · tree and pragmatics description: Why can a small country hold more people than a huge one? Test 11 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/24-population-and-cities/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/) / [Population and cities](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/24-population-and-cities/) / t11 # Test 11 · Population and cities Why can a small country hold more people than a huge one? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** small country · **What happens:** hold · **To what, where:** more people This is test 11 of lesson 24 «Population and cities» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/geography/24-population-and-cities/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:24-population-and-cities:t11:1 # text = Why can a small country hold more people than a huge one? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 hold hold VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 amod _ _ 8 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 than than ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | can | a small country | more people | | | | than a huge one | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme | 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} Its land may be flatter, wetter and better for farming ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:24-population-and-cities:t11:o1:1 # text = Its land may be flatter, wetter and better for farming 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 flatter flat ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 wetter wet ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 conj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 conj _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 farming farming NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | may | Its land | | | | | for farming; flat *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | Its land *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | Its land *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Small countries make people live longer, so more of them are alive at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:24-population-and-cities:t11:o2:1 # text = Small countries make people live longer, so more of them are alive at once 1 Small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 9 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 13 advmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nmod _ _ 12 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 13 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Small countries | people | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **live** | infinitive | people *not said here* | | | | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | Small countries *not said here* | | | | | alive *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Big countries do not allow cities ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:24-population-and-cities:t11:o3:1 # text = Big countries do not allow cities 1 Big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 allow allow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **allow** | present · do-support | Big countries | cities | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Beneficiary | ### Option 4 {#o4} People are counted twice in small countries ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:24-population-and-cities:t11:o4:1 # text = People are counted twice in small countries 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 counted count VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 3 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | present · passive | | People | | small countries | | twice *property* | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | **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. 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