Test 5 · ★★★ · Projections: why Greenland looks huge
Your EU5 Muscovy looks endless next to India. What should you remember?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: EU5 Muscovy, you · What happens: look, remember
This is test 5 · ★★★ 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
Sentence 1: Your EU5 Muscovy looks endless next to India.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 Muscovy | nmod:poss |
| 2 | EU5 | EU5 | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Muscovy | compound |
| 3 | Muscovy | muscovy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 looks | nsubj |
| 4 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | endless | endless | ADV | _ | 4 looks | advmod |
| 6 | next | next | ADV | _ | 4 looks | advmod |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 India | case |
| 8 | India | India | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 next | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 looks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | present | Your EU5 Muscovy | endless, next property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
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.
Sentence 2: What should you remember?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 remember | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 remember | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 remember | nsubj |
| 4 | remember | remember | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 remember | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remember | should | you | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Muscovy really was bigger than all of Asia
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muscovy | muscovy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 bigger | advmod |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 bigger | cop |
| 4 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Muscovy | amod |
| 5 | than | than | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 bigger | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Asia | case |
| 8 | Asia | Asia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 all | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | than all; big property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Flat maps stretch northern lands, so check a globe
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 stretch | nsubj |
| 3 | stretch | stretch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | northern | northern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 lands | amod |
| 5 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 stretch | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 check | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 check | advmod |
| 8 | check | check | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 stretch | parataxis |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 globe | det |
| 10 | globe | globe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 check | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stretch | present | Flat maps | northern lands | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent land=Patient | ||||
| 2 | check | infinitive | a globe | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent globe=Theme |
Option 3
The game map shows true sizes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 map | det |
| 2 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 map | compound |
| 3 | map | map | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shows | nsubj |
| 4 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 sizes | amod |
| 6 | sizes | size | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 shows | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | the game map | true sizes | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent size=Recipient |
Option 4
India was tiny in the Middle Ages
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | India | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 tiny | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 tiny | cop |
| 3 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 Ages | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Ages | det |
| 6 | Middle | Middle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Ages | flat |
| 7 | Ages | Age | PROPN | Number=Plur | 3 tiny | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | India | in the Middle Ages | tiny property | tree rules |
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