Test 6 · ★★ · The real animals of the Just So Stories: the whale, camel,…

«the crocodile pulled the elephant's nose and that's why it's long, my lil bro reckons» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: crocodile, that, lil bro · What happens: pull, be, reckon · To what, where: nose

This is test 6 · ★★ 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	_	4 pulled	punct
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 crocodile	det
3	crocodile	crocodile	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pulled	nsubj
4	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 elephant	det
6	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 nose	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 elephant	case
8	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pulled	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 long	cc
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 long	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 long	cop
12	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	15 long	advmod
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 long	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 long	cop
15	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pulled	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 reckons	punct
17	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 bro	nmod:poss
18	lil	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 bro	amod
19	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 reckons	nsubj
20	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 pulled	conj
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	20 reckons	punct
22	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	24 right	nsubj
23	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 right	cop
24	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 reckons	ccomp
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 pulled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pull in a quote	past	the crocodile	the elephant's nose		vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Theme
2	is in a quote	present	that		long property	tree rules
3	reckon in a quote	present	my lil bro			vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
4	is	present			right 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

Elephants are born with short noses that a crocodile must pull

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 born	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 born	aux:pass
3	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 noses	case
5	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 noses	amod
6	noses	nose	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 born	obl
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 pull	obj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 crocodile	det
9	crocodile	crocodile	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pull	nsubj
10	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 pull	aux
11	pull	pull	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 noses	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	present · passive		Elephants				with short noses	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	pull	must	a crocodile	short noses					vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme

Option 2

Trunks grew because elephants stretched them to reach water every day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Trunks	trunk	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grew	nsubj
2	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	5 stretched	mark
4	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stretched	nsubj
5	stretched	stretch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 grew	advcl
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stretched	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 reach	mark
8	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 stretched	advcl
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reach	obj
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 day	det
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reach	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	grow	past	Trunks			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stretch	past	elephants	Trunks = trunk		vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient
3	reach	to-infinitive	elephants not said here	water	day	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent water=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Trunks grew slowly over millions of years; a stretched nose is not passed to babies

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Trunks	trunk	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grew	nsubj
2	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	2 grew	advmod
4	over	over	ADP	_	5 millions	case
5	millions	million	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grew	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 years	case
7	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 millions	nmod
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 passed	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 nose	det
10	stretched	stretch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 nose	amod
11	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 passed	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 passed	aux:pass
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 passed	advmod
14	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 grew	conj
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 babies	case
16	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 passed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	grow	past	Trunks			millions of years	slowly property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over million=Location
2	stretch	participle						vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	not pass	present · passive		a stretched nose	babies			vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to baby=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It is true, but it happened to every elephant, not one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 happened	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 happened	cc
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 happened	nsubj
7	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 true	conj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 elephant	case
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 elephant	det
10	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 happened	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 one	punct
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 one	advmod
13	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 true	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					true property	tree rules
2	happen	past	it					to every elephant	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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