Test 6 · ★★★ · Projections: why Greenland looks huge

Why might a compromise map like the Winkel tripel be best for a classroom wall?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: compromise map · What happens: be

This is test 6 · ★★★ 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	11 best	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 best	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 map	det
4	compromise	compromise	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 map	compound
5	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 best	nsubj
6	like	like	ADP	_	9 tripel	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tripel	det
8	Winkel	Winkel	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 tripel	compound
9	tripel	tripel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 map	nmod
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 best	cop
11	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
12	for	for	ADP	_	15 wall	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 wall	det
14	classroom	classroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 wall	compound
15	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 best	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 best	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	might	a compromise map like the Winkel tripel					for a classroom wall; good property	tree rules

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

It shows the poles as points with no error

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 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 poles	det
4	poles	pole	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shows	obj
5	as	as	ADP	_	6 points	case
6	points	point	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shows	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 error	case
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 error	det
9	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	It	the poles				as points; with no error	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent pole=Recipient

Option 2

It has no distortion at all

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 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 distortion	det
4	distortion	distortion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 distortion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	It	no distortion		all			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent distortion=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It keeps every error small so the world looks natural

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 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 error	det
4	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	obj
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 keeps	xcomp
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	9 looks	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 world	det
8	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 looks	nsubj
9	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 keeps	advcl
10	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 looks	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	It	every error				small property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent error=Theme
2	look	present	the world					natural property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

It keeps all compass directions exact, like Mercator's map for sailors

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 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 directions	det
4	compass	compass	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 directions	compound
5	directions	direction	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keeps	obj
6	exact	exact	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 keeps	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 map	punct
8	like	like	ADP	_	11 map	case
9	Mercator	Mercator	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 map	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Mercator	case
11	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	parataxis
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 sailors	case
13	sailors	sailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 map	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	It	all compass directions				exact property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent direction=Theme

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