--- title: Why does a flight from London to Los Angeles look curved on a flat m… — Projections: why Greenland looks huge · tree and pragmatics description: Why does a flight from London to Los Angeles look curved on a flat map? Test 4 · ★★★ 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 each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [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/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★★ · Projections: why Greenland looks huge Why does a flight from London to Los Angeles look curved on a flat map? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, look, curve · **To what, where:** flight, London, Los, flat map This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 3 «Projections: why Greenland looks huge» 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/3-projections-why-greenland-looks-huge/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:3-projections-why-greenland-looks-huge:t4:1 # text = Why does a flight from London to Los Angeles look curved on a flat map? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 flight flight NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 London London PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Los Los PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 9 Angeles Angeles PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 flat _ _ 10 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 curved curve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 xcomp _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 flat flat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 map map NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | | a flight | | London | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flight=Eventuality | | 2 | **look** | present | | | Los | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **curve** | participle | | | | a flat map | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material | 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} The pilot follows the coastline ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:3-projections-why-greenland-looks-huge:t4:o1:1 # text = The pilot follows the coastline 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pilot pilot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 follows follow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 coastline coastline NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | present | the pilot | the coastline | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coastline=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The plane goes round storms over the Atlantic Ocean ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:3-projections-why-greenland-looks-huge:t4:o2:1 # text = The plane goes round storms over the Atlantic Ocean 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 plane plane NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 round round ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 storms storm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 over over ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 Atlantic Atlantic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 Ocean Ocean PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | the plane | round storms | | the Atlantic Ocean | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location storm=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The great-circle route bends on a flat projection ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:3-projections-why-greenland-looks-huge:t4:o3:1 # text = The great-circle route bends on a flat projection 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 circle circle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 route route NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 bends bend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 flat flat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 projection projection NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bend** | present | the circle route | | | a flat projection | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on projection=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Planes must follow lines of latitude ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:3-projections-why-greenland-looks-huge:t4:o4:1 # text = Planes must follow lines of latitude 1 Planes plane NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 lines line NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 latitude latitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | must | Planes | lines of latitude | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent line=Theme | **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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