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title: Why might a compromise map like the Winkel tripel be best for a clas… — Projections: why Greenland looks huge · tree and pragmatics
description: Why might a compromise map like the Winkel tripel be best for a classroom wall? Test 6 · ★★★ 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 right.
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# Test 6 · ★★★ · Projections: why Greenland looks huge

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Why might a compromise map like the Winkel tripel be best for a classroom wall?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** compromise map · **What happens:** be

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This is test 6 · ★★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:3-projections-why-greenland-looks-huge:t6:1
# text = Why might a compromise map like the Winkel tripel be best for a classroom wall?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	compromise	compromise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Winkel	Winkel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	tripel	tripel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
11	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	classroom	classroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | might | a compromise map like the Winkel tripel |  |  |  |  | for a classroom wall; good *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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It shows the poles as points with no error

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:3-projections-why-greenland-looks-huge:t6:o1:1
# text = It shows the poles as points with no error
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	poles	pole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	points	point	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	error	error	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | It | the poles |  |  |  | as points; with no error | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent pole=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It has no distortion at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:3-projections-why-greenland-looks-huge:t6:o2:1
# text = It has no distortion at all
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	distortion	distortion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | It | no distortion |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent distortion=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It keeps every error small so the world looks natural

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:3-projections-why-greenland-looks-huge:t6:o3:1
# text = It keeps every error small so the world looks natural
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	error	error	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
10	natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | It | every error |  |  |  | small *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent error=Theme |
| 2 | **look** | present | the world |  |  |  |  | natural *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It keeps all compass directions exact, like Mercator's map for sailors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:3-projections-why-greenland-looks-huge:t6:o4:1
# text = It keeps all compass directions exact, like Mercator's map for sailors
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
4	compass	compass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	directions	direction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	exact	exact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	Mercator	Mercator	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | It | all compass directions |  |  |  | exact *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent direction=Theme |

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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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