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title: Identify the largest state of the United States by area. — The United States and its states · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the largest state of the United States by area. Exam question 3 of lesson 44 «The United States and its states» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 3 · The United States and its states

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Identify the largest state of the United States by area.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify · **To what, where:** largest state

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 44 «The United States and its states» of the world 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/world/44-the-usa-and-its-states/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:e3:1
# text = Identify the largest state of the United States by area.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	largest	large	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
4	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	United	United	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	States	State	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the largest state of the United States |  |  |  | by area | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent state=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Alaska

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:e3:o1:1
# text = Alaska
1	Alaska	Alaska	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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California

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:e3:o2:1
# text = California
1	California	California	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hawaii

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:e3:o3:1
# text = Hawaii
1	Hawaii	Hawaii	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Texas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:e3:o4:1
# text = Texas
1	Texas	Texas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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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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