Test 15 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 1: How the Whale got hi…
★★★ The Mariner walked out wearing his breeches and took the jack-knife home. What of his things did he NOT take home?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★ · What happens: walk out, wear, take, do, not take · To what, where: breeches, jack knife
This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 74 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 1: How the Whale got his Throat» 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
Sentence 1: ★★★ The Mariner walked out wearing his breeches and took the jack-knife home.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 walked | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | ADP | _ | 5 Mariner | case |
| 4 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Mariner | det |
| 5 | Mariner | Mariner | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | nmod |
| 6 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 walked | compound:prt |
| 8 | wearing | wear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 walked | advcl |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 breeches | nmod:poss |
| 10 | breeches | breech | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 wearing | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 took | cc |
| 12 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 walked | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 knife | det |
| 14 | jack | jack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 knife | compound |
| 15 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 jack | punct |
| 16 | knife | knife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 took | obj |
| 17 | home | home | ADV | _ | 12 took | advmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 walked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk out | past | ★ ★ the Mariner | vn resign-10.11 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | wear | gerund | ★ ★ the Mariner not said here | ★'s breeches | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent breech=Source | ||||
| 3 | take | past | ★ ★ the Mariner not said here | the jack knife | home property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Theme |
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: What of his things did he NOT take home?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 did | obj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 things | case |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 things | nmod:poss |
| 4 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 did | obl |
| 5 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 take | nsubj |
| 7 | NOT | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 take | advmod |
| 8 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 did | ccomp |
| 9 | home | home | ADV | _ | 8 take | advmod |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | of ★'s things | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not take | infinitive | ★ | home property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
The grating and the rope
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 grating | det |
| 2 | grating | grating | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 rope | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 rope | det |
| 5 | rope | rope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 grating | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The raft, the suspenders and the grating he had made
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 raft | det |
| 2 | raft | raft | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 suspenders | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 suspenders | det |
| 5 | suspenders | suspender | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 raft | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 grating | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 grating | det |
| 8 | grating | grating | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 raft | conj |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 made | nsubj |
| 10 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 made | aux |
| 11 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 raft | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past · perfect | he | the raft and the suspenders and the grating not said here | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent raft=Product |
Option 3
The grating, the raft, and the suspenders he tied to his waist
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 grating | det |
| 2 | grating | grating | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 tied | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 raft | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 raft | det |
| 5 | raft | raft | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 grating | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 tied | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 tied | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 suspenders | det |
| 9 | suspenders | suspender | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 tied | nsubj |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 tied | nsubj |
| 11 | tied | tie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 waist | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 waist | nmod:poss |
| 14 | waist | waist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 tied | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tie | past | the grating and the raft | to his waist | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to waist=Co-Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The raft and the suspenders
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 raft | det |
| 2 | raft | raft | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 suspenders | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 suspenders | det |
| 5 | suspenders | suspender | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 raft | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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