--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Projections: why Greenland looks huge · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the principal deficiency of the Mercator projection? Exam question 1 of lesson 3 «Projections: why Greenland looks huge» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/3-projections-why-greenland-looks-huge/e1/) [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/) / [Projections: why Greenland looks huge](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/3-projections-why-greenland-looks-huge/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Projections: why Greenland looks huge Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the principal deficiency of the Mercator projection? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** principal deficiency This is exam question 1 of lesson 3 «Projections: why Greenland looks huge» 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/3-projections-why-greenland-looks-huge/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:3-projections-why-greenland-looks-huge:e1:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the principal deficiency of the Mercator projection? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 deficiency deficiency NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 Mercator Mercator PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 projection projection NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | the principal deficiency of the Mercator projection | | | | of the following statements; accurately *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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It exaggerates areas in the vicinity of the equator ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:3-projections-why-greenland-looks-huge:e1:o1:1 # text = It exaggerates areas in the vicinity of the equator 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 exaggerates exaggerate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 areas area NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 vicinity vicinity NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 equator equator NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exaggerate** | present | It | areas | | the vicinity of the equator | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} It cannot represent the Atlantic Ocean ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:3-projections-why-greenland-looks-huge:e1:o2:1 # text = It cannot represent the Atlantic Ocean 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 represent represent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Atlantic Atlantic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Ocean Ocean PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **represent** | can | It | the Atlantic Ocean | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot ocean=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It progressively exaggerates areas with increasing latitude ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:3-projections-why-greenland-looks-huge:e1:o3:1 # text = It progressively exaggerates areas with increasing latitude 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 progressively progressively ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 exaggerates exaggerate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 areas area NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 increasing increasing NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 latitude latitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exaggerate** | present | It | areas | | | | with increasing latitude; progressively *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} It misrepresents compass bearings ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:3-projections-why-greenland-looks-huge:e1:o4:1 # text = It misrepresents compass bearings 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 misrepresents misrepresent VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 compass compass NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 bearings bearing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **misrepresent** | present | It | compass bearings | | | | | tree rules | **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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