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title: Which statement about countries with the most people is true? — Countries, peoples and languages of th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which statement about countries with the most people is true? Test 8 of lesson 46 «Countries, peoples and languages of the world» 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 wrong.
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# Test 8 · Countries, peoples and languages of the world

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Which statement about countries with the most people is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** statement · **What happens:** be

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This is test 8 of lesson 46 «Countries, peoples and languages of the world» of the world 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/world/46-countries-peoples-languages/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:46-countries-peoples-languages:t8:1
# text = Which statement about countries with the most people is true?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
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	4	nmod	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | which statement about countries with the most people |  |  |  |  | true *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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Australia has many more people than India

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:46-countries-peoples-languages:t8:o1:1
# text = Australia has many more people than India
1	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Russia has more people than India and China together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:46-countries-peoples-languages:t8:o2:1
# text = Russia has more people than India and China together
1	Russia	Russia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	together	together	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Russia | more people |  |  |  | than India and China; together *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Canada has more people than China and Japan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:46-countries-peoples-languages:t8:o3:1
# text = Canada has more people than China and Japan
1	Canada	Canada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	Japan	Japan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
India and China each have over a billion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:46-countries-peoples-languages:t8:o4:1
# text = India and China each have over a billion
1	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	over	over	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	billion	billion	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have over** | present | India and China | a billion |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent billion=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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