---
title: It is given that common flat maps of the world represent Greenland a… — Magnets, compasses and big Earth facts · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that common flat maps of the world represent Greenland as comparable in area to Africa. Select the response consistent with the established facts. Exam question 3 of lesson 17 «Magnets, compasses and big Earth facts» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/17-magnets-compasses-and-big-earth-facts/e3/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Myths](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/) / [Magnets, compasses and big Earth facts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/17-magnets-compasses-and-big-earth-facts/) / e3

# Exam question 3 · Magnets, compasses and big Earth facts

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is given that common flat maps of the world represent Greenland as comparable in area to Africa. Select the response consistent with the established facts.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** that, you · **What happens:** give, represent, select, establish · **To what, where:** It, Greenland, response

<!-- .vabout -->
This is exam question 3 of lesson 17 «Magnets, compasses and big Earth facts» of the myths 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/myths/17-magnets-compasses-and-big-earth-facts/#e3).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* It is given that common flat maps of the world represent Greenland as comparable in area to Africa.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:17-magnets-compasses-and-big-earth-facts:e3:1
# text = It is given that common flat maps of the world represent Greenland as comparable in area to Africa.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	nsubj	_	_
5	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	maps	map	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	represent	represent	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
12	Greenland	Greenland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	comparable	comparable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **represent** | present | that | Greenland |  |  |  | comparable *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot greenland=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* Select the response consistent with the established facts.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:17-magnets-compasses-and-big-earth-facts:e3:2
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The two land masses are of equal area

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:17-magnets-compasses-and-big-earth-facts:e3:o1:1
# text = The two land masses are of equal area
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
3	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	masses	mass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the two land masses |  |  |  |  | of equal area | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Africa exceeds Greenland in area approximately fourteenfold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:17-magnets-compasses-and-big-earth-facts:e3:o2:1
# text = Africa exceeds Greenland in area approximately fourteenfold
1	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	exceeds	exceed	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Greenland	Greenland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	fourteenfold	fourteenfold	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exceed** | present | Africa | Greenland |  |  |  | in area | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot greenland=Theme in area=Attribute |
| 2 | **fourteenfold** | present | Africa *not said here* |  |  |  |  | approximately *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The areas of the two land masses cannot be determined at present

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:17-magnets-compasses-and-big-earth-facts:e3:o3:1
# text = The areas of the two land masses cannot be determined at present
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	areas	area	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	masses	mass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	determined	determine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **determine** | can · passive |  | the areas of the two land masses |  | present |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Greenland exceeds Africa in area

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:17-magnets-compasses-and-big-earth-facts:e3:o4:1
# text = Greenland exceeds Africa in area
1	Greenland	Greenland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	exceeds	exceed	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exceed** | present | Greenland | Africa |  |  |  | in area | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot africa=Theme in area=Attribute |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Magnets, compasses and big Earth facts, exam 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/17-magnets-compasses-and-big-earth-facts/e2/)
- next →: [Magnets, compasses and big Earth facts, exam 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/17-magnets-compasses-and-big-earth-facts/e4/)
- ↑ back to [Magnets, compasses and big Earth facts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/17-magnets-compasses-and-big-earth-facts/)