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title: If globes are the most accurate, why do people still mostly use flat… — Maps and scale · tree and pragmatics
description: If globes are the most accurate, why do people still mostly use flat maps? Test 7 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 was wrong.
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# Test 7 · Maps and scale

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If globes are the most accurate, why do people still mostly use flat maps?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** globes, people · **What happens:** be, do, use · **To what, where:** flat maps

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This is test 7 of lesson 1 «Maps and scale» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/geography/1-maps-and-scale/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:t7:1
# text = If globes are the most accurate, why do people still mostly use flat maps?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	globes	globe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
11	still	still	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
14	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	maps	map	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | globes |  |  |  |  | accurate *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | present | globes *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **use** | present | people | flat maps |  |  | still | mostly *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent map=Patient |

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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}

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Globes are always wrong about sizes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:t7:o1:1
# text = Globes are always wrong about sizes
1	Globes	globe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	sizes	size	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Globes |  |  |  |  | about sizes; always, wrong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Flat maps fold, fit in pockets and show detail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:t7:o2:1
# text = Flat maps fold, fit in pockets and show detail
1	Flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	maps	map	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fold	fold	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	fit	fit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	pockets	pocket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	detail	detail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fold** | present | Flat maps |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fit** | present | Flat maps *not said here* |  |  | pockets |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent in pocket=Trajectory |
| 3 | **show** | present | Flat maps *not said here* | detail |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent detail=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Globes were banned in schools

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:t7:o3:1
# text = Globes were banned in schools
1	Globes	globe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	banned	ban	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	schools	school	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ban** | past · passive |  | Globes |  | schools |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Flat maps show no distortion at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:t7:o4:1
# text = Flat maps show no distortion at all
1	Flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	maps	map	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	distortion	distortion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | Flat maps | no distortion |  | all |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent distortion=Recipient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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