Test 12 · ★★ · The real animals of the Just So Stories: the whale, camel,…
★★★ Kipling's order of taming is Dog, Horse, Cow. If you list the real order from the oldest to the newest, which animal moves?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★, Kipling, you · What happens: be, order, list, move · To what, where: Dog, taming, real order
This is test 12 · ★★ 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
Sentence 1: ★★★ Kipling's order of taming is Dog, Horse, Cow.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Dog | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | ADP | _ | 6 order | case |
| 4 | Kipling | Kipling | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 order | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Kipling | case |
| 6 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ★ | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 taming | case |
| 8 | taming | taming | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 order | nmod |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 Dog | cop |
| 10 | Dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 Horse | punct |
| 12 | Horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 Dog | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 Cow | punct |
| 14 | Cow | cow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 Dog | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 Dog | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | ★ | Dog and Horse and Cow | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | order | Kipling | taming | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
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.
Sentence 2: If you list the real order from the oldest to the newest, which animal moves?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 3 list | mark |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 list | nsubj |
| 3 | list | list | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 oldest | advcl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 order | det |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 order | amod |
| 6 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 list | obj |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 oldest | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 oldest | det |
| 9 | oldest | old | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 newest | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 newest | det |
| 12 | newest | new | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 9 oldest | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 moves | punct |
| 14 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 moves | nsubj |
| 15 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 moves | nsubj |
| 16 | moves | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 newest | conj |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 oldest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | list | present | you | the real order | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | move | present | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
None, Kipling's order is right
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | None | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 7 right | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 order | punct |
| 3 | Kipling | Kipling | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 order | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Kipling | case |
| 5 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 None | conj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 right | cop |
| 7 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | None | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | order | Kipling | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The horse, which comes after the cow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 horse | det |
| 2 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 comes | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 comes | punct |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 comes | nsubj |
| 5 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 cow | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 cow | det |
| 8 | cow | cow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 comes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | the horse | after the cow | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
The cow, which comes first of all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cow | det |
| 2 | cow | cow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 comes | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 comes | punct |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 comes | nsubj |
| 5 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 comes | advmod |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 first | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | the cow | first property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
The dog, which comes after the horse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dog | det |
| 2 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 comes | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 comes | punct |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 comes | nsubj |
| 5 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 horse | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 horse | det |
| 8 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 comes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | the dog | after the horse | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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