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title: Which is a fair way to describe Earth's shape on a globe? — Earth from space · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is a fair way to describe Earth's shape on a globe? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 13 «Earth from space» of the myths 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 10 · ★★ · Earth from space

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Which is a fair way to describe Earth's shape on a globe?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, describe · **To what, where:** fair way, shape, globe

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 13 «Earth from space» of the myths 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/myths/13-earth-from-space/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:13-earth-from-space:t10:1
# text = Which is a fair way to describe Earth's shape on a globe?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	describe	describe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	globe	globe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a fair way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **describe** | to-infinitive |  | Earth's shape |  | a globe |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent shape=Theme |

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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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An exact, perfect ball with no bumps on it at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:13-earth-from-space:t10:o1:1
# text = An exact, perfect ball with no bumps on it at all
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	exact	exact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	perfect	perfect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	bumps	bump	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nmod	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A flat disc, like a dinner plate, seen from above

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:13-earth-from-space:t10:o2:1
# text = A flat disc, like a dinner plate, seen from above
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	disc	disc	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	plate	plate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	above	above	ADV	RB	_	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | participle |  | a flat disc and a dinner plate *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A big cube with rounded-off corners, like a dice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:13-earth-from-space:t10:o3:1
# text = A big cube with rounded-off corners, like a dice
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cube	cube	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	rounded	round	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	off	off	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	corners	corner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	dice	dice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **round** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Nearly a ball, slightly wider at the equator

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:13-earth-from-space:t10:o4:1
# text = Nearly a ball, slightly wider at the equator
1	Nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	slightly	slightly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	wider	wide	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	equator	equator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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