Exam question 4 · Projections: why Greenland looks huge

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the shortest path between two points upon the globe.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, shortest path

This is exam question 4 of lesson 3 «Projections: why Greenland looks huge» of the geography 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 path	det
11	shortest	short	ADJ	Degree=Sup	12 path	amod
12	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	between	between	ADP	_	15 points	case
14	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 points	nummod
15	points	point	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 path	nmod
16	upon	upon	ADP	_	18 globe	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 globe	det
18	globe	globe	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 points	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the shortest path	between two points upon the globe	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus path=Experiencer

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

It coincides in every case with the equator

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 coincides	nsubj
2	coincides	coincide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 case	case
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 case	det
5	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 coincides	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 equator	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 equator	det
8	equator	equator	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 coincides	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	coincide	present	It			every case		with the equator	vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent with equator=Co-Patient

Option 2

It invariably follows a parallel of latitude

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 follows	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 follows	advmod
3	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 parallel	det
5	parallel	parallel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 follows	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 latitude	case
7	latitude	latitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 parallel	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	present	It	a parallel of latitude				invariably property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parallel=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It forms part of a great circle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 forms	nsubj
2	forms	form	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forms	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 circle	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 circle	det
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 circle	amod
7	circle	circle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 part	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form	present	It	part of a great circle					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location part=Theme

Option 4

It follows a constant compass bearing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 follows	nsubj
2	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bearing	det
4	constant	constant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bearing	amod
5	compass	compass	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bearing	compound
6	bearing	bearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 follows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	present	It	a constant compass bearing					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bearing=Theme

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