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description: Ascertain the reason for which the Mercator projection represents Greenland as comparable in extent to Africa. Exam question 2 of lesson 40 «The game map and the real map: what EU5 simplifies» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Exam question 2 · The game map and the real map: what EU5 simplifies

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Ascertain the reason for which the Mercator projection represents Greenland as comparable in extent to Africa.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Mercator projection · **What happens:** ascertain, represent · **To what, where:** reason, Greenland, extent

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 40 «The game map and the real map: what EU5 simplifies» 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/40-the-game-map-and-the-real-map-what-eu5-simplifies/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:40-the-game-map-and-the-real-map-what-eu5-simplifies:e2:1
# text = Ascertain the reason for which the Mercator projection represents Greenland as comparable in extent to Africa.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Mercator	Mercator	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	projection	projection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	represents	represent	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl	_	_
10	Greenland	Greenland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	comparable	comparable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	extent	extent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 2 | **represent** | present | the Mercator projection | Greenland |  | extent to Africa |  | for the reason; as comparable | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent greenland=Theme as comparable=Attribute |

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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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The Greenland ice sheet increases its apparent area

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:40-the-game-map-and-the-real-map-what-eu5-simplifies:e2:o1:1
# text = The Greenland ice sheet increases its apparent area
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	Greenland	Greenland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
3	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	sheet	sheet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	increases	increase	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	apparent	apparent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **increase** | present | the Greenland ice sheet | sheet's apparent area |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer area=Patient |

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

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The projection distends regions remote from the Equator

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:40-the-game-map-and-the-real-map-what-eu5-simplifies:e2:o2:1
# text = The projection distends regions remote from the Equator
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	projection	projection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	distends	distend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	regions	region	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	compound	_	_
5	remote	remote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Equator	Equator	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **distend** | present | the projection | regions remote |  | the Equator |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent remote=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Africa is depicted at a reduced scale by convention

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:40-the-game-map-and-the-real-map-what-eu5-simplifies:e2:o3:1
# text = Africa is depicted at a reduced scale by convention
1	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	depicted	depict	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	reduced	reduce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	scale	scale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	convention	convention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depict** | present · passive | convention | Africa |  | a reduced scale |  |  | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **reduce** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Greenland is in fact of equal area to Africa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:40-the-game-map-and-the-real-map-what-eu5-simplifies:e2:o4:1
# text = Greenland is in fact of equal area to Africa
1	Greenland	Greenland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Greenland |  | Africa | fact |  | of equal area | tree rules |

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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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