Test 1 · ★★ · The real animals of the Just So Stories: the whale, camel,…

«so the Camel got his hump for being lazy, that's what the book says» What is true?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Camel, that, book · What happens: get, be, say · To what, where: hump · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 404 «The real animals of the Just So Stories: the whale, camel, rhino, leopard, elephant, kangaroo, armadillo and crab» of the biology 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 got	punct
2	so	so	ADV	_	5 got	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Camel	det
4	Camel	camel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	nsubj
5	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hump	nmod:poss
7	hump	hump	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 lazy	case
9	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 lazy	cop
10	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 got	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 what	punct
12	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 what	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 what	cop
14	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 got	obj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 book	det
16	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 says	nsubj
17	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 what	acl:relcl
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 what	punct
19	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 true	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 true	cop
21	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 what	parataxis
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	get in a quote	past	the Camel	Camel's hump		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hump=Stimulus
2	is in a quote	gerund			lazy property	tree rules
3	is a in a quote	present	that			tree rules
4	say speech: assert in a quote	present	the book			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	is	present			true property	tree rules

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

Option 1

Camels got humps when people started riding them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Camels	camel	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	humps	hump	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 got	obj
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 started	advmod
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 started	nsubj
6	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 got	advcl
7	riding	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 started	xcomp
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 riding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	get	past	Camels	humps	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hump=Stimulus
2	start	past	people		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	ride	gerund	people not said here	people	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The hump is a fat store that evolved slowly and helps camels live in deserts

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hump	det
2	hump	hump	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 store	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 store	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 store	det
5	fat	fat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 store	amod
6	store	store	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 evolved	nsubj
8	evolved	evolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 store	acl:relcl
9	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	8 evolved	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 helps	cc
11	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 evolved	conj
12	camels	camel	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 live	nsubj
13	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 helps	xcomp
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 deserts	case
15	deserts	desert	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the hump	a fat store			tree rules
2	evolve	past	a fat store			slowly property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	help	present	a fat store not said here				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	live	infinitive	camels		deserts		vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in desert=Location

Option 3

The hump is a water tank that fills up when a camel is idle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hump	det
2	hump	hump	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tank	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 tank	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tank	det
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tank	compound
6	tank	tank	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 fills	nsubj
8	fills	fill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 tank	acl:relcl
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 fills	compound:prt
10	when	when	SCONJ	_	14 idle	mark
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 camel	det
12	camel	camel	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 idle	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 idle	cop
14	idle	idle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fills	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the hump	a water tank		tree rules
2	fill up	present	a water tank			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	is	present	a camel		idle property	tree rules

Option 4

Lazy camels really do grow bigger humps than hard-working ones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 camels	amod
2	camels	camel	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 grow	nsubj
3	really	really	ADV	_	5 grow	advmod
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 grow	aux
5	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 humps	amod
7	humps	hump	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 grow	obj
8	than	than	ADP	_	12 ones	case
9	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 ones	amod
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 hard	punct
11	working	work	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 ones	amod
12	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 grow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present · do-support	Lazy camels	bigger humps				than hard working ones	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hump=Theme
2	work	gerund							vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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