Exam question 2 · The game map and the real map: what EU5 simplifies

Ascertain the reason for which the Mercator projection represents Greenland as comparable in extent to Africa.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Mercator projection · What happens: ascertain, represent · To what, where: reason, Greenland, extent

This is exam question 2 of lesson 40 «The game map and the real map: what EU5 simplifies» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 represents	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 projection	det
7	Mercator	Mercator	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 projection	compound
8	projection	projection	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 represents	nsubj
9	represents	represent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl
10	Greenland	Greenland	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 represents	obj
11	as	as	ADP	_	12 comparable	case
12	comparable	comparable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 represents	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 extent	case
14	extent	extent	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 represents	obl
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 Africa	case
16	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 extent	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the reason					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	represent	present	the Mercator projection	Greenland		extent to Africa		for the reason; as comparable	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent greenland=Theme as comparable=Attribute

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 Greenland ice sheet increases its apparent area

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sheet	det
2	Greenland	Greenland	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 sheet	compound
3	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sheet	compound
4	sheet	sheet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 increases	nsubj
5	increases	increase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 area	nmod:poss
7	apparent	apparent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 area	amod
8	area	area	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 increases	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	increase	present	the Greenland ice sheet	sheet's apparent area					vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer area=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The projection distends regions remote from the Equator

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 projection	det
2	projection	projection	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 distends	nsubj
3	distends	distend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	regions	region	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 remote	compound
5	remote	remote	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 distends	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 Equator	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Equator	det
8	Equator	Equator	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 distends	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	distend	present	the projection	regions remote		the Equator			vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent remote=Patient

Option 3

Africa is depicted at a reduced scale by convention

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 depicted	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 depicted	aux:pass
3	depicted	depict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 scale	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 scale	det
6	reduced	reduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 scale	amod
7	scale	scale	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 depicted	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 convention	case
9	convention	convention	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 depicted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depict	present · passive	convention	Africa		a reduced scale			vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	reduce	participle							vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer

Option 4

Greenland is in fact of equal area to Africa

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Greenland	Greenland	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 fact	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fact	cop
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 fact	case
4	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 area	case
6	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 area	amod
7	area	area	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fact	nmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 Africa	case
9	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 fact	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Greenland		Africa	fact		of equal area	tree rules

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