Test 5 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 1: How the Whale got hi…

What would have happened if the Mariner had kept quiet inside the Whale?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: happen, keep · To what, where: Mariner

This is test 5 · ★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 happened	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 happened	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 happened	aux
4	happened	happen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 kept	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Mariner	det
7	Mariner	Mariner	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 kept	nsubj:pass
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 kept	aux
9	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 happened	advcl
10	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 kept	xcomp
11	inside	inside	ADP	_	13 Whale	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Whale	det
13	Whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 kept	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would · perfect							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	keep a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect · passive		the Mariner				inside the Whale; quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme inside whale=Location

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

He would still be sitting on his raft

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sitting	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 sitting	aux
3	still	still	ADV	_	5 sitting	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 sitting	aux
5	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 raft	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 raft	nmod:poss
8	raft	raft	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sitting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	would · progressive	He			his raft	still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on raft=Location

Option 2

The Whale would have had no reason to take him home, so he would have stayed inside the Whale forever

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Whale	det
2	Whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 had	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 had	aux
5	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 reason	det
7	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 take	mark
9	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 reason	acl
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 take	obj
11	home	home	ADV	_	9 take	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 stayed	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	17 stayed	advmod
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 stayed	nsubj
15	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 stayed	aux
16	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 stayed	aux
17	stayed	stay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 had	conj
18	inside	inside	ADP	_	20 Whale	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Whale	det
20	Whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 stayed	obl
21	forever	forever	ADV	_	17 stayed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	have	would · perfect	the Whale	no reason			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient
2	take	to-infinitive	the Whale not said here	no reason not said here	Whale	home property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination
3	stay	would · perfect	Whale			inside the Whale; forever property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside whale=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The Whale would have had no reason to take him home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Whale	det
2	Whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 had	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 had	aux
5	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 reason	det
7	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 take	mark
9	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 reason	acl
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 take	obj
11	home	home	ADV	_	9 take	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	would · perfect	the Whale	no reason					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient
2	take	to-infinitive	the Whale not said here	no reason not said here	Whale			home property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination

Option 4

The Whale would have swum on, hungry, and the fish would have stayed in the mud for a while longer

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Whale	det
2	Whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 swum	nsubj:pass
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 swum	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 swum	aux
5	swum	swim	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	5 swum	compound:prt
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 hungry	punct
8	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 swum	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 stayed	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 stayed	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fish	det
12	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 stayed	nsubj
13	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 stayed	aux
14	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 stayed	aux
15	stayed	stay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 swum	conj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 mud	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 mud	det
18	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 stayed	obl
19	for	for	ADP	_	21 while	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 while	det
21	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 stayed	obl
22	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	15 stayed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim on	would · perfect · passive		the Whale					vn run-51.3.2-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2	stay	would · perfect	the fish			the mud	while	long property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mud=Location

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