Test 11 · ★ · Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 32: animals quar…
Wait, what does Vixen do to the elephant?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Vixen · What happens: wait, do
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 631 «Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 32: animals quarrel in the dark about fear until a little dog stops the elephant» of the books 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 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 do | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 do | obj |
| 4 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 do | aux |
| 5 | Vixen | Vixen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 do | nsubj |
| 6 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | conj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 elephant | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 elephant | det |
| 9 | elephant | elephant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 do | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | do | present · do-support | Vixen | to the elephant | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
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 · ← Mova's choice
runs in circles yapping at the elephant's big feet all morning
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | runs | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 circles | case |
| 3 | circles | circle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 runs | obl |
| 4 | yapping | yap | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 circles | acl |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 feet | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 elephant | det |
| 7 | elephant | elephant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 feet | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 elephant | case |
| 9 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 feet | amod |
| 10 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 yapping | obl |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 morning | det |
| 12 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 runs | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | present | circles | morning | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in circle=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | yap | gerund | circles not said here | at the elephant's big feet | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at foot=Stimulus |
Option 2
yaps round his big feet and wakes everyone up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yaps | yap | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 wakes | nsubj |
| 2 | round | round | ADP | _ | 5 feet | case |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 feet | nmod:poss |
| 4 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 feet | amod |
| 5 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 yaps | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 wakes | cc |
| 7 | wakes | wake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 7 wakes | obj |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 wakes | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wake up | present | yaps round his big feet | everyone | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent everyone=Patient |
Option 3
nips at the cattle's hooves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nips | nip | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 hooves | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 cattle | det |
| 4 | cattle | cattle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hooves | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 cattle | case |
| 6 | hooves | hoove | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 nips | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
yaps round his big feet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yaps | yap | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | round | round | ADP | _ | 5 feet | case |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 feet | nmod:poss |
| 4 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 feet | amod |
| 5 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 yaps | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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