Test 3 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 1: How the Whale got hi…

Kipling keeps saying "you must not forget the suspenders". Why does it matter at the end?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kipling, you · What happens: keep, say, not forget, matter · To what, where: suspenders, it, end · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ 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: Kipling keeps saying "you must not forget the suspenders".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kipling	Kipling	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 keeps	xcomp
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 forget	punct
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 forget	nsubj
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 forget	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 forget	advmod
8	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 saying	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 suspenders	det
10	suspenders	suspender	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 forget	obj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 forget	punct
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 keeps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	keep	present	Kipling		tree rules
2	say speech: assert	gerund	Kipling not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not forget in a quote	must	you	the suspenders	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.

Sentence 2: Why does it matter at the end?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 matter	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 matter	aux
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 matter	expl
4	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 end	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 end	det
7	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 matter	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 matter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	matter	present · do-support		it			at the end		vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

The options

Option 1

They held his breeches up when he got back home at the shore and walked out

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 held	nsubj
2	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 breeches	nmod:poss
4	breeches	breech	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 held	ccomp
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 breeches	compound:prt
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 got	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 got	nsubj
8	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 held	advcl
9	back	back	ADV	_	8 got	advmod
10	home	home	ADV	_	8 got	advmod
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 shore	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 shore	det
13	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 got	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 walked	cc
15	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 held	conj
16	out	out	ADV	_	15 walked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	hold	past	They			vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	breech up	present	They not said here			tree rules
3	get back	past	he	the shore	home property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
4	walk out	past	They not said here		out property	vn resign-10.11 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The Mariner used them to tie the grating, which kept the Whale from eating men ever again

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Mariner	det
2	Mariner	Mariner	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 used	nsubj
3	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 used	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 tie	mark
6	tie	tie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 used	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 grating	det
8	grating	grating	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tie	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 kept	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 kept	nsubj
11	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 grating	acl:relcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Whale	det
13	Whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 kept	obj
14	from	from	SCONJ	_	15 eating	mark
15	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 kept	advcl
16	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 eating	obj
17	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	18 again	advmod
18	again	again	ADV	_	15 eating	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	use	past	the Mariner	them = they		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
2	tie	to-infinitive	the Mariner not said here	the grating		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grating=Patient
3	keep	past	the grating	the Whale		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whale=Theme
4	eat	gerund	the grating not said here	men	again	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The Mariner used them to tie the grating

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Mariner	det
2	Mariner	Mariner	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 used	nsubj
3	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 used	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 tie	mark
6	tie	tie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 used	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 grating	det
8	grating	grating	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tie	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	the Mariner	them = they					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
2	tie	to-infinitive	the Mariner not said here	the grating					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grating=Patient

Option 4

They saved him from drowning at sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 saved	nsubj
2	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 saved	obj
4	from	from	SCONJ	_	5 drowning	mark
5	drowning	drown	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 saved	advcl
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 sea	case
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drowning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	past	They	him = he					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	drown	gerund	They not said here			sea			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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