Test 4 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 1: How the Whale got hi… Jayden, Gen Alpha: "Mariner's lowkey the GOAT, no cap, he cooked." ("lowkey" = quietly, "GOAT" = the best ever, "no cap" = for real, "he cooked" = he did brilliantly.) What did he do so well?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jayden, lowkey · What happens: cook, do
This is test 4 · ★ 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: Jayden, Gen Alpha: "Mariner's lowkey the GOAT, no cap, he cooked."
nsubj punct compound conj punct punct nmod:poss case nsubj det conj punct det appos punct nsubj punct punct root Jayden PROPN , PUNCT Gen PROPN Alpha PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT Mariner PROPN 's PART lowkey NOUN the DET GOAT PROPN , PUNCT no DET cap NOUN , PUNCT he PRON cooked VERB . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Jayden Jayden PROPN Number=Sing 17 cooked nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 4 Alpha punct 3 Gen Gen PROPN Number=Sing 4 Alpha compound 4 Alpha Alpha PROPN Number=Sing 1 Jayden conj 5 : : PUNCT _ 11 GOAT punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 11 GOAT punct 7 Mariner Mariner PROPN Number=Sing 9 lowkey nmod:poss 8 's 's PART _ 7 Mariner case 9 lowkey lowkey NOUN Number=Sing 11 GOAT nsubj 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 GOAT det 11 GOAT GOAT PROPN Number=Sing 1 Jayden conj 12 , , PUNCT _ 14 cap punct 13 no no DET PronType=Neg 14 cap det 14 cap cap NOUN Number=Sing 11 GOAT appos 15 , , PUNCT _ 1 Jayden punct 16 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 17 cooked nsubj 17 cooked cook VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 18 . . PUNCT _ 17 cooked punct 19 " " PUNCT _ 17 cooked punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 cook in a quote past Jayden and Gen Alpha and the GOAT vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent
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: ("lowkey" = quietly, "GOAT" = the best ever, "no cap" = for real, "he cooked" = he did brilliantly.)
punct punct nsubj punct punct advmod punct punct appos punct punct det advmod punct punct det parataxis punct punct case parataxis punct punct nsubj parataxis punct punct nsubj conj advmod punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT lowkey NOUN " PUNCT = SYM quietly ADV , PUNCT " PUNCT GOAT NOUN " PUNCT = SYM the DET best ADJ ever ADV , PUNCT " PUNCT no DET cap NOUN " PUNCT = SYM for ADP real ADJ , PUNCT " PUNCT he PRON cooked VERB " PUNCT = SYM he PRON did VERB brilliantly ADV . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 3 lowkey punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 lowkey punct 3 lowkey lowkey NOUN Number=Sing 13 best nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 lowkey punct 5 = = SYM _ 6 quietly punct 6 quietly quietly ADV _ 3 lowkey advmod 7 , , PUNCT _ 9 GOAT punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 9 GOAT punct 9 GOAT goat NOUN Number=Sing 3 lowkey appos 10 " " PUNCT _ 9 GOAT punct 11 = = SYM _ 13 best punct 12 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 13 best det 13 best good ADJ Degree=Sup root root 14 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 13 best advmod 15 , , PUNCT _ 18 cap punct 16 " " PUNCT _ 18 cap punct 17 no no DET PronType=Neg 18 cap det 18 cap cap NOUN Number=Sing 13 best parataxis 19 " " PUNCT _ 18 cap punct 20 = = SYM _ 22 real punct 21 for for ADP _ 22 real case 22 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 13 best parataxis 23 , , PUNCT _ 26 cooked punct 24 " " PUNCT _ 26 cooked punct 25 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 26 cooked nsubj 26 cooked cook VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 22 real parataxis 27 " " PUNCT _ 26 cooked punct 28 = = SYM _ 30 did punct 29 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 30 did nsubj 30 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 26 cooked conj 31 brilliantly brilliantly ADV _ 30 did advmod 32 . . PUNCT _ 13 best punct 33 ) ) PUNCT _ 13 best punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 cook in a quote past lowkey vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent
2 do past lowkey brilliantly property vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What did he do so well?
obj aux nsubj advmod advmod punct root What PRON did AUX he PRON do VERB so ADV well ADV ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 do obj 2 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 do aux 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 do nsubj 4 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 so so ADV _ 6 well advmod 6 well well ADV Degree=Pos 4 do advmod 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 do punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do past · do-support lowkey well property vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Found the fish and told him to hide
det obj cc conj iobj mark xcomp root Found VERB the DET fish NOUN and CCONJ told VERB him PRON to PART hide VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Found find VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 fish det 3 fish fish NOUN Number=Sing 1 Found obj 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 told cc 5 told tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 1 Found conj 6 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 told iobj 7 to to PART _ 8 hide mark 8 hide hide VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 told xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 find past the fish vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Topic
2 tell speech: assert past fish vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3 hide not said to happen to-infinitive vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 2 Ate the Whale
det obj root Ate VERB the DET Whale NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ate eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 Whale det 3 Whale whale NOUN Number=Sing 1 Ate obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 eat past the Whale vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whale=Patient
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Got home and blocked the Whale's throat for ever
advmod cc conj det nmod:poss case obj case obl root Got VERB home ADV and CCONJ blocked VERB the DET Whale NOUN 's PART throat NOUN for ADP ever ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 2 home home ADV _ 1 Got advmod 3 and and CCONJ _ 4 blocked cc 4 blocked block VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 1 Got conj 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 Whale det 6 Whale whale NOUN Number=Sing 8 throat nmod:poss 7 's 's PART _ 6 Whale case 8 throat throat NOUN Number=Sing 4 blocked obj 9 for for ADP _ 10 ever case 10 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 4 blocked obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get past home property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2 block past the Whale's throat vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer throat=Theme
Option 4 Swam to Winchester on the Whale's back
case obl case det nmod:poss case obl root Swam VERB to ADP Winchester PROPN on ADP the DET Whale NOUN 's PART back NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Swam swim VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 2 to to ADP _ 3 Winchester case 3 Winchester Winchester PROPN Number=Sing 1 Swam obl 4 on on ADP _ 8 back case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 Whale det 6 Whale whale NOUN Number=Sing 8 back nmod:poss 7 's 's PART _ 6 Whale case 8 back back NOUN Number=Sing 1 Swam obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 swim past Winchester the Whale's back vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to winchester=Destination
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