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title: In the game, a small rich province can hold more people than a huge… — Population and cities · tree and pragmatics
description: In the game, a small rich province can hold more people than a huge empty one. Is that true of real countries? Test 5 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 w
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# Test 5 · Population and cities

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In the game, a small rich province can hold more people than a huge empty one. Is that true of real countries?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** small rich province, that · **What happens:** hold, be · **To what, where:** more people, game

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In the game, a small rich province can hold more people than a huge empty one.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:24-population-and-cities:t5:1
# text = In the game, a small rich province can hold more people than a huge empty one.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	province	province	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	amod	_	_
12	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	than	than	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | can | a small rich province | more people |  | the game |  | than a huge empty one | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent people=Theme in game=Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Is that true of real countries?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:24-population-and-cities:t5:2
# text = Is that true of real countries?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | of real countries; true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No, bigger countries always have more people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:24-population-and-cities:t5:o1:1
# text = No, bigger countries always have more people
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	have	have	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	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | bigger countries | more people |  |  |  | always *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, population depends only on the number of cities

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:24-population-and-cities:t5:o2:1
# text = No, population depends only on the number of cities
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	population	population	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	depends	depend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depend** | present | population |  |  |  |  | on the number of cities | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on number=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but only in the 1300s

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:24-population-and-cities:t5:o3:1
# text = Yes, but only in the 1300s
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	1300s	1300	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Yes, Bangladesh has far more people than huge Australia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:24-population-and-cities:t5:o4:1
# text = Yes, Bangladesh has far more people than huge Australia
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Bangladesh | more people |  |  |  | than huge Australia | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient |

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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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