Test 7 · Maps, plans and the compass

Why can a globe show the shapes of the continents more truly than a flat map?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: globe · What happens: show · To what, where: shapes

This is test 7 of lesson 41 «Maps, plans and the compass» of the world 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	5 show	advmod
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 show	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 globe	det
4	globe	globe	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 show	nsubj
5	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 shapes	det
7	shapes	shape	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 show	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 continents	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 continents	det
10	continents	continent	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 shapes	nmod
11	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 truly	advmod
12	truly	truly	ADV	_	16 map	advmod
13	than	than	ADP	_	16 map	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 map	det
15	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 map	amod
16	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 show	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	can	a globe	the shapes of the continents				than a flat map	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent shape=Recipient

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

Because a globe is drawn from the side

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 drawn	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 globe	det
3	globe	globe	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drawn	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 drawn	aux:pass
5	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 side	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 side	det
8	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drawn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	present · passive		a globe		the side			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from side=Initial_Location

Option 2

Because a globe is always bigger than a map

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	6 bigger	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 globe	det
3	globe	globe	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bigger	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bigger	cop
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 bigger	advmod
6	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
7	than	than	ADP	_	9 map	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 map	det
9	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bigger	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a globe					than a map; always, big property	tree rules

Option 3

Because a globe uses more colours than a map

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 uses	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 globe	det
3	globe	globe	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 uses	nsubj
4	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 colours	amod
6	colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 uses	obj
7	than	than	ADP	_	9 map	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 map	det
9	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 uses	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	a globe	more colours				than a map	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Because the Earth is round like the globe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 round	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Earth	det
3	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 round	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 round	cop
5	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 globe	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 globe	det
8	globe	globe	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 round	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the Earth					like the globe; round property	tree rules

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