Test 2 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 1: How the Whale got hi…

Why do you think the 'Stute Fish sent the Whale to find a man?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Stute · What happens: think, send, find · To what, where: Whale, man · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 think	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 think	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 think	nsubj
4	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sent	det
6	'	'	PUNCT	_	9 sent	punct
7	Stute	Stute	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 sent	nsubj
8	Fish	Fish	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Stute	flat
9	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 think	ccomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Whale	det
11	Whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sent	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 find	mark
13	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 sent	advcl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 man	det
15	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 find	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	think speech: other	present · do-support	you		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	send	past	Stute	the Whale	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whale=Theme
3	find	to-infinitive	Stute not said here	a man	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Topic

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

Because the Whale was very hungry and needed a snack

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	6 hungry	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Whale	det
3	Whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hungry	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 hungry	cop
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 hungry	advmod
6	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 needed	cc
8	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 hungry	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 snack	det
10	snack	snack	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 needed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the Whale					hungry property	tree rules
2	need	past	the Whale not said here	a snack					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot snack=Theme

Option 2

Because he was lonely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 lonely	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lonely	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lonely	cop
4	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					lonely property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

So the Whale would not eat him, the last fish left

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	6 eat	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Whale	det
3	Whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eat	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 eat	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 eat	advmod
6	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 eat	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 eat	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fish	det
10	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 fish	amod
11	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eat	parataxis
12	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 fish	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not eat	would	the Whale	him = he					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	leave	participle		the last fish not said here					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

To make a friend for the Whale in the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 friend	det
4	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 Whale	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Whale	det
7	Whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 sea	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sea	det
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		a friend		the sea		for the Whale	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent friend=Product for whale=Beneficiary

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