Test 7 · Maps and scale

If globes are the most accurate, why do people still mostly use flat maps?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: globes, people · What happens: be, do, use · To what, where: flat maps

This is test 7 of lesson 1 «Maps and scale» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	6 accurate	mark
2	globes	globe	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 accurate	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 accurate	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 accurate	det
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurate	advmod
6	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 do	punct
8	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	9 do	advmod
9	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 accurate	conj
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 use	nsubj
11	still	still	ADV	_	13 use	advmod
12	mostly	mostly	ADV	_	13 use	advmod
13	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 do	ccomp
14	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 maps	amod
15	maps	map	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 use	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 accurate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	globes			accurate property	tree rules
2	do	present	globes not said here				tree rules
3	use	present	people	flat maps	still	mostly property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent map=Patient

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Globes are always wrong about sizes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Globes	globe	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wrong	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wrong	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 wrong	advmod
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 sizes	case
6	sizes	size	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wrong	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Globes					about sizes; always, wrong property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Flat maps fold, fit in pockets and show detail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 maps	amod
2	maps	map	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fold	nsubj
3	fold	fold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 fit	punct
5	fit	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fold	ccomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 pockets	case
7	pockets	pocket	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fit	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 show	cc
9	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fold	conj
10	detail	detail	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 show	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	fold	present	Flat maps			tree rules
2	fit	present	Flat maps not said here		pockets	vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent in pocket=Trajectory
3	show	present	Flat maps not said here	detail		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent detail=Recipient

Option 3

Globes were banned in schools

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Globes	globe	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 banned	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 banned	aux:pass
3	banned	ban	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 schools	case
5	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 banned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ban	past · passive		Globes		schools			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

Flat maps show no distortion at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 maps	amod
2	maps	map	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 show	nsubj
3	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 distortion	det
5	distortion	distortion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 show	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 show	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	Flat maps	no distortion		all			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent distortion=Recipient

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