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title: Grandad: "That flat map's not ideal, Greenland's a tad oversized." I… — Olympiad: which claim is true? ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: Grandad: "That flat map's not ideal, Greenland's a tad oversized." Is he exaggerating, playing it down, or exact? Test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 36 «Olympiad: which claim is true? ★★★» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Test 7 · ★★★ · Olympiad: which claim is true? ★★★

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Grandad: "That flat map's not ideal, Greenland's a tad oversized." Is he exaggerating, playing it down, or exact?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Grandad, Greenland · **What happens:** not be, be, exaggerate, play down · **To what, where:** tad, map

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This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 36 «Olympiad: which claim is true? ★★★» 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/36-olympiad-which-claim-is-true/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grandad: "That flat map's not ideal, Greenland's a tad oversized."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:36-olympiad-which-claim-is-true:t7:1
# text = Grandad: "That flat map's not ideal, Greenland's a tad oversized."
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
5	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	ideal	ideal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	Greenland	Greenland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	tad	tad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
15	oversized	oversized	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | Grandad |  |  |  |  | ideal *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Greenland | a tad |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Is he exaggerating, playing it down, or exact?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:36-olympiad-which-claim-is-true:t7:2
# text = Is he exaggerating, playing it down, or exact?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	exaggerating	exaggerate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	exact	exact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exaggerate** | present · progressive | Greenland |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **play down** | gerund | Greenland *not said here* | map |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Exaggerating: maps are always perfect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:36-olympiad-which-claim-is-true:t7:o1:1
# text = Exaggerating: maps are always perfect
1	Exaggerating	exaggerate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	maps	map	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	perfect	perfect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exaggerate** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | Exaggerating maps |  |  |  |  | always, perfect *property* | tree rules |

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

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Playing it down: Africa is about 14 times bigger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:36-olympiad-which-claim-is-true:t7:o2:1
# text = Playing it down: Africa is about 14 times bigger
1	Playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	csubj	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	down	down	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
5	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	about	about	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	14	14	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play down** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  | Africa *obl* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | Playing |  |  |  | time | big *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Exact: the map is only slightly off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:36-olympiad-which-claim-is-true:t7:o3:1
# text = Exact: the map is only slightly off
1	Exact	exact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	slightly	slightly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	off	off	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the Exact map |  |  |  |  | off, slightly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Exaggerating: Greenland is really bigger than Africa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:36-olympiad-which-claim-is-true:t7:o4:1
# text = Exaggerating: Greenland is really bigger than Africa
1	Exaggerating	exaggerate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	Greenland	Greenland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	parataxis	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exaggerate** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | Greenland |  |  |  |  | than Africa; big *property* | tree rules |

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