Test 4 · ★★★ · Projections: why Greenland looks huge

Why does a flight from London to Los Angeles look curved on a flat map?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, look, curve · To what, where: flight, London, Los, flat map

This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 3 «Projections: why Greenland looks huge» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 does	advmod
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 look	advcl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 flight	det
4	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 London	case
6	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 flight	nmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 Los	case
8	Los	Los	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 look	obl
9	Angeles	Angeles	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Los	flat
10	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	curved	curve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 look	xcomp
12	on	on	ADP	_	15 map	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 map	det
14	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 map	amod
15	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 curved	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	do	present	a flight		London	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flight=Eventuality
2	look	present		Los		tree rules
3	curve	participle			a flat map	vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material

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

The pilot follows the coastline

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pilot	det
2	pilot	pilot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 follows	nsubj
3	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 coastline	det
5	coastline	coastline	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 follows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	present	the pilot	the coastline					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coastline=Theme

Option 2

The plane goes round storms over the Atlantic Ocean

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 plane	det
2	plane	plane	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 goes	nsubj
3	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 storms	amod
5	storms	storm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 goes	obj
6	over	over	ADP	_	9 Ocean	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Ocean	det
8	Atlantic	Atlantic	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Ocean	compound
9	Ocean	Ocean	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 goes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	the plane	round storms		the Atlantic Ocean			vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location storm=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The great-circle route bends on a flat projection

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 route	det
2	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 circle	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 great	punct
4	circle	circle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 route	compound
5	route	route	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bends	nsubj
6	bends	bend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 projection	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 projection	det
9	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 projection	amod
10	projection	projection	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bends	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bend	present	the circle route			a flat projection			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on projection=Location

Option 4

Planes must follow lines of latitude

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Planes	plane	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 follow	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 follow	aux
3	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 follow	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 latitude	case
6	latitude	latitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lines	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	must	Planes	lines of latitude					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent line=Theme

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