--- title: Identify the sole representation of the Earth that preserves shape,… — Maps and scale · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the sole representation of the Earth that preserves shape, area, distance and direction simultaneously. Exam question 3 of lesson 1 «Maps and scale» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice wa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/1-maps-and-scale/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/) / [Maps and scale](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/1-maps-and-scale/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Maps and scale Identify the sole representation of the Earth that preserves shape, area, distance and direction simultaneously. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, sole representation · **What happens:** identify, preserve, represent · **To what, where:** sole representation, shape, Earth This is exam question 3 of lesson 1 «Maps and scale» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/geography/1-maps-and-scale/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:e3:1 # text = Identify the sole representation of the Earth that preserves shape, area, distance and direction simultaneously. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 sole sole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 representation representation NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 preserves preserve VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 10 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 area area NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 17 simultaneously simultaneously ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the sole representation of the Earth | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent representation=Theme | | 2 | **preserve** | present | the sole representation of the Earth | shape and area and distance and direction | | | | simultaneously *property* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Beneficiary | | 3 | **represent** | | | the Earth | | | | | nom representation «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} A physical map ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:e3:o1:1 # text = A physical map 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 physical physical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 map map NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A globe ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:e3:o2:1 # text = A globe 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 globe globe NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A portolan chart ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:e3:o3:1 # text = A portolan chart 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 portolan portolan ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 chart chart NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A political map ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:e3:o4:1 # text = A political map 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 political political ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 map map NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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