Exam question 3 · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 2: How the Camel got hi…

Select the response that most accurately states the function of the hump as explained by the Djinn of All Deserts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, most · What happens: select, state, explain · To what, where: response, function, hump

This is exam question 3 of lesson 75 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 2: How the Camel got his Hump» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 states	mark
5	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 states	nsubj
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	5 most	advmod
7	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Select	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 function	det
9	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 states	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 hump	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hump	det
12	hump	hump	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 function	nmod
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 explained	mark
14	explained	explain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 hump	acl
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 Djinn	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Djinn	det
17	Djinn	Djinn	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 explained	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 Deserts	case
19	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	20 Deserts	det
20	Deserts	Desert	PROPN	Number=Plur	17 Djinn	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	state speech: other	present	most	the function of the hump		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent function=Topic
3	explain speech: assert	participle		the hump not said here	by the Djinn of all Deserts	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It holds spare food for the long summer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 holds	nsubj
2	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	spare	spare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 food	amod
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 holds	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 summer	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 summer	det
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 summer	amod
8	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 holds	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present	It	spare food			summer		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme

Option 2

It keeps the camel cool during the hottest hours

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 camel	det
4	camel	camel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	obj
5	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 keeps	xcomp
6	during	during	ADP	_	9 hours	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hours	det
8	hottest	hot	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 hours	amod
9	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	It	the camel			hour	cool property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent camel=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It permits labour for three days without food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 permits	nsubj
2	permits	permit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	labour	labour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 permits	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 days	case
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 days	nummod
6	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 permits	obl
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 food	case
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 permits	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	present	It	labour			day	without food	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent labour=Theme

Option 4

It holds fat only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 holds	nsubj
2	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 holds	obj
4	only	only	ADV	_	2 holds	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present	It	fat					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fat=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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