Test 3 · ★★ · The real animals of the Just So Stories: the whale, camel,…
Gran says the Rhino got his folds from cake crumbs. Which is the real reason?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Gran, Rhino · What happens: say, get, be · To what, where: folds, cake crumbs, real reason · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★ 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: Gran says the Rhino got his folds from cake crumbs.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Rhino | det |
| 4 | Rhino | Rhino | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 got | nsubj |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 folds | nmod:poss |
| 7 | folds | fold | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 got | obj |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 crumbs | case |
| 9 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 crumbs | compound |
| 10 | crumbs | crumb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 got | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Gran | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | get | past | the Rhino | Rhino's folds | cake crumbs | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent fold=Theme from crumb=Source |
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: Which is the real reason?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 reason | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 reason | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reason | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reason | amod |
| 5 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 reason | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the real reason | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Thick, folded skin grew over many generations and lets it bend
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thick | thick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 skin | amod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Thick | punct |
| 3 | folded | fold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 skin | amod |
| 4 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 grew | nsubj |
| 5 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | over | over | ADP | _ | 8 generations | case |
| 7 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 generations | amod |
| 8 | generations | generation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 grew | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 lets | cc |
| 10 | lets | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 grew | conj |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 lets | obj |
| 12 | bend | bend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 lets | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fold | participle | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | grow | past | Thick folded skin | over many generations | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over generation=Location | ||||
| 3 | let | present | Thick folded skin not said here | skin | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | bend | infinitive | skin not said here | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
The mud it lies in dried and cracked into folds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 mud | det |
| 2 | mud | mud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lies | nsubj |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 lies | nsubj |
| 4 | lies | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 6 dried | mark |
| 6 | dried | dry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 lies | advcl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 cracked | cc |
| 8 | cracked | crack | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 dried | conj |
| 9 | into | into | ADP | _ | 10 folds | case |
| 10 | folds | fold | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 cracked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | present | the mud | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | dry | participle | the mud not said here | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | crack | participle | the mud not said here | into folds result | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into fold=Result |
Option 3
Rhinos got folds from scratching against palm-trees
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rhinos | rhino | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | folds | fold | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 got | obj |
| 4 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 5 scratching | mark |
| 5 | scratching | scratch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 got | advcl |
| 6 | against | against | ADP | _ | 9 trees | case |
| 7 | palm | palm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 trees | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 palm | punct |
| 9 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 scratching | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | Rhinos | folds | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fold=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | scratch | gerund | Rhinos not said here | palm trees | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent against tree=Location |
Option 4
A heat wave made the rhino's skin shrink and wrinkle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 wave | det |
| 2 | heat | heat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wave | compound |
| 3 | wave | wave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | nsubj |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 rhino | det |
| 6 | rhino | rhino | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 shrink | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 rhino | case |
| 8 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 shrink | compound |
| 9 | shrink | shrink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 wrinkle | cc |
| 11 | wrinkle | wrinkle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 shrink | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | a heat wave | the rhino's skin shrink and wrinkle | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset shrink=Product |
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