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title: East, South and South-East Asia: countries and capitals — how Mova does on the tests · Geography
description: Lesson 11 of the geography course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 11 tests right, exam 0 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# East, South and South-East Asia: countries and capitals

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**Tests:** 5 of 11 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** plain · **Understood:** 7 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 11 of the geography course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/11-east-south-and-south-east-asia/).

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/11-east-south-and-south-east-asia/).

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### Test 1 · right ✓ {#t1}

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Jack says: «China's got the most people in the world, everyone knows that.» What is right?

- **1.** The United States has the most people — no support
- **2.** India has twice as many people as China — no support
- **3.** India overtook China around 2023, though both have about 1.4 billion people — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** China is still far ahead of India, by about 300 million people or more — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 11, line 6: «China's capital is Beijing, and China has about 1.4 billion people, the second most of any country, since India overtook it around 2023.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «overtake» (+2); the same doer «india» (+2); the same place «2023» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/11-east-south-and-south-east-asia/t1/)

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### Test 2 · right ✓ {#t2}

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«capital of Malaysia?? its putrajaya innit» What is right?

- **1.** Putrajaya is the only capital, and Kuala Lumpur is just a small village by the river — no support
- **2.** The capital is Jakarta — score 5
- **3.** The capital is Singapore — no support
- **4.** The capital is Kuala Lumpur, though much of the government works in Putrajaya — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 10, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 11, line 15: «Malaysia's capital is Kuala Lumpur, though much of its government works in Putrajaya, and Singapore is a tiny island city-state that became independent in 1965.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «capital» (+4); the same thing acted on «kuala» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/11-east-south-and-south-east-asia/t2/)

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### Test 3 · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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In a cartoon, a Japanese ninja says he lives on «the one big island of Japan». What is wrong?

- **1.** Japan is not an island country at all, it is joined to Korea — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Japan has four main islands and thousands of smaller ones — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Japan has only two islands — no support
- **4.** Japan is part of mainland China — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/11-east-south-and-south-east-asia/t3/)

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### Test 4 · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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«mongolia's tiny innit, like a little country» What is true?

- **1.** Mongolia is a small island in the sea — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Mongolia is huge in area but has only about 3.5 million people — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Mongolia is tiny in area and very crowded, a bit like Singapore or Malta — no support
- **4.** Mongolia is part of Russia — no support

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**Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/11-east-south-and-south-east-asia/t4/)

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### Test 5 · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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In Europa Universalis 5 you start in 1337 and see no country called India. Why?

- **1.** The game forgot to put India on the map — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** India was under the sea in 1337 — no support
- **3.** Today's India was formed in 1947; then the Delhi Sultanate and other states ruled — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** India has always been part of China, ever since the first emperors ruled from Beijing — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/11-east-south-and-south-east-asia/t5/)

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### Test 6 · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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«bro said the capital of the UAE- no wait, i mean Indonesia, is Bali» What is right?

- **1.** Bali is the capital of Indonesia, and Jakarta is only a big port on Java — score 8
- **2.** Indonesia's capital is Manila — score 5
- **3.** Indonesia has no capital — **← Mova's choice** · score 10
- **4.** Indonesia's capital is Jakarta, with Nusantara being built on Borneo — **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 10, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 11, line 2: «Each country has a capital, the city where its government works, and it is often not the biggest or most famous city: Sri Lanka's official capital is Kotte, no…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «country» (+4); the same thing acted on «capital» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/11-east-south-and-south-east-asia/t6/)

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### Test 7 · right ✓ {#t7}

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What would happen if North and South Korea signed a peace treaty?

- **1.** The Korean War would officially end, not just stop — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Korea would stay at war forever by law — no support
- **3.** The armistice would start the war again — no support
- **4.** Japan would take over the whole peninsula at once, as it did before — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/11-east-south-and-south-east-asia/t7/)

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### Test 8 · right ✓ {#t8}

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Mia asks why Thailand was never a colony while its neighbours were. Which is the best answer?

- **1.** Thailand had no coast for ships to reach — no support
- **2.** Thailand was too cold for Europeans — no support
- **3.** Thailand lay between British and French lands and kept its freedom by clever diplomacy — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** Thailand was already part of Britain, so France could not take it — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 11, line 13: «Thailand, with its capital Bangkok, is the only country in South-East Asia that was never colonised by a European power: it lay between British lands to the we…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+2); the same thing acted on «freedom» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/11-east-south-and-south-east-asia/t8/)

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### Test 9 · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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«shut up, the capital of Sri Lanka is Colombo, obviously» What is right?

- **1.** Colombo is the only capital and Kotte does not exist — **← Mova's choice** · score 10
- **2.** Sri Lanka's capital is Kathmandu — score 5
- **3.** Sri Lanka's capital is Delhi — score 5
- **4.** The official capital is Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, right next to Colombo — **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 9, line 14: «New York City is the largest city in the United States, with about 8.5 million people, and began as the Dutch town of New Amsterdam, taken by the English in 16…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «york city» (+4); the same thing acted on «largest city» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/11-east-south-and-south-east-asia/t9/)

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### Test 10 · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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«why's it called the Philippines lol, there's no Philip there» What is right?

- **1.** They are named after Prince Philip of Britain, who visited them on a royal tour in 1898 — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **2.** The name means «many islands» in Malay — no support
- **3.** They are named after a Filipino king called Philip — score 4
- **4.** Spain named the islands after King Philip II and ruled them from 1565 to 1898 — **✓ the right answer** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 11, line 14: «Vietnam's capital is Hanoi and the Philippines' capital is Manila; the Philippines are named after King Philip II of Spain, and Spain ruled them from 1565 to 1…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «name» (+3); the same circumstance (+3); the same thing acted on «philippines» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/11-east-south-and-south-east-asia/t10/)

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### Test 11 · right ✓ {#t11}

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«Bangladesh and Pakistan used to be the same country, right?» What is right?

- **1.** Yes, from 1947 to 1971 Bangladesh was East Pakistan — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Yes, both were part of China until 1971 — no support
- **3.** No, Bangladesh was always part of Myanmar until it broke away — no support
- **4.** No, they were never joined — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/11-east-south-and-south-east-asia/t11/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the population of the People's Republic of China relative to that of the Republic of India?

- **1.** China, with approximately 1.4 billion inhabitants, was overtaken by India in or about the year 2023 — **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **2.** The two states have never been compared by population, there being no census in either — score 2
- **3.** India possesses a population approximately double that of China — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **4.** China retains a population substantially exceeding that of India — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 11, line 6: «China's capital is Beijing, and China has about 1.4 billion people, the second most of any country, since India overtook it around 2023.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same thing acted on «billion people» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/11-east-south-and-south-east-asia/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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Identify the city in which the government of the Republic of Korea is seated.

- **1.** Busan, the port city — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Incheon — no support
- **3.** Seoul — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Pyongyang — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/11-east-south-and-south-east-asia/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the partition of British India in the year 1947.

- **1.** British India was divided into India and Sri Lanka, the latter subsequently becoming Bangladesh — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** British India remained undivided until 1971 — no support
- **3.** British India was divided into India and Pakistan; East Pakistan became Bangladesh in 1971 — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** British India was annexed in its entirety by China — no support

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**Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/11-east-south-and-south-east-asia/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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State the national capital which records the lowest average annual temperature of all national capitals.

- **1.** Ottawa — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Helsinki — no support
- **3.** Moscow — no support
- **4.** Ulaanbaatar — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/11-east-south-and-south-east-asia/e4/)

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