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Is he right? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** India, Yaar · **What happens:** get, mean, be · **To what, where:** more people, mate This is test 2 of lesson 78 «Humanity today: how many we are, how long we live, how poor and how rich» of the history 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/history/78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Raj: "India's got more people than China now, yaar." ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich:t2:1 # text = Raj: "India's got more people than China now, yaar." 1 Raj raj NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 India India PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 amod _ _ 7 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 amod _ _ 8 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 than than ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 China China PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 yaar yaar NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** *in a quote* | present · passive | India | more people | | | now | than China | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus | 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. *Sentence 2:* ("Yaar" means mate, in Indian English.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich:t2:2 # text = ("Yaar" means mate, in Indian English.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Yaar Yaar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 5 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | Yaar | mate | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Topic | *Sentence 3:* Is he right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich:t2:3 # text = Is he right? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | yaar | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} No, the USA has the most people of all ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich:t2:o1:1 # text = No, the USA has the most people of all 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 USA USA PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 8 amod _ _ 8 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | the USA | the most people of all | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Yes, India passed China in 2023 ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich:t2:o2:1 # text = Yes, India passed China in 2023 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 India India PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 China China PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 2023 2023 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | past | India | China | | 2023 | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent china=Theme in 2023=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, India has had the most since 1500 ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich:t2:o3:1 # text = Yes, India has had the most since 1500 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 India India PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 5 advmod _ _ 8 since since ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 1500 1500 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present · perfect | India | | | | since 1500 | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} No, China still has twice as many, yaar ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich:t2:o4:1 # text = No, China still has twice as many, yaar 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 China China PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 still still ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 8 advmod _ _ 7 as as ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 yaar yaar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | China | many | | | still | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent many=Patient | **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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