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Test 10 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 2: How the Camel got hi…

Compare the Camel with the Mariner in the first story. Which is true?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: compare, be · To what, where: Camel, first story

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 75 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 2: How the Camel got his Hump» 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: Compare the Camel with the Mariner in the first story.

detobjcasedetoblcasedetamodoblpunctrootCompareVERBtheDETCamelNOUNwithADPtheDETMarinerPROPNinADPtheDETfirstADJstoryNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ComparecompareVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 Cameldet
3CamelcamelNOUNNumber=Sing1 Compareobj
4withwithADP_6 Marinercase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 Marinerdet
6MarinerMarinerPROPNNumber=Sing1 Compareobl
7ininADP_10 storycase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 storydet
9firstfirstADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord10 storyamod
10storystoryNOUNNumber=Sing1 Compareobl
11..PUNCT_1 Comparepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1compareimperativeyou not said herethe Camelthe first storywith the Marinervn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent camel=Patient with mariner=Co-Patient

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: Which is true?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhichPRONisAUXtrueADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhichwhichPRONPronType=Rel3 truensubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 truecop
3truetrueADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 truepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresenttrue propertytree rules

The options

Option 1

They are both clever

nsubjcopadvmodrootTheyPRONareAUXbothADVcleverADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs4 clevernsubj
2arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 clevercop
3bothbothADV_4 cleveradvmod
4clevercleverADJDegree=Posrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentTheyboth, clever propertytree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The Mariner was clever and busy; the Camel was idle and rude

detnsubjcopccconjpunctdetnsubjcopconjccconjrootTheDETMarinerPROPNwasAUXcleverADJandCCONJbusyADJ;PUNCTtheDETCamelNOUNwasAUXidleADJandCCONJrudeADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 Marinerdet
2MarinerMarinerPROPNNumber=Sing4 clevernsubj
3wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 clevercop
4clevercleverADJDegree=Posrootroot
5andandCCONJ_6 busycc
6busybusyADJDegree=Pos4 cleverconj
7;;PUNCT_11 idlepunct
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 Cameldet
9CamelcamelNOUNNumber=Sing11 idlensubj
10wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 idlecop
11idleidleADJDegree=Pos4 cleverconj
12andandCCONJ_13 rudecc
13ruderudeADJDegree=Pos11 idleconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastthe Marinerclever propertytree rules
2bethe Mariner not said heretree rules
3ispastthe Camelidle propertytree rules
4bethe Camel not said heretree rules

Option 3

The Mariner was lazy; the Camel was busy

detnsubjcoppunctdetnsubjcopconjrootTheDETMarinerPROPNwasAUXlazyADJ;PUNCTtheDETCamelNOUNwasAUXbusyADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 Marinerdet
2MarinerMarinerPROPNNumber=Sing4 lazynsubj
3wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 lazycop
4lazylazyADJDegree=Posrootroot
5;;PUNCT_9 busypunct
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 Cameldet
7CamelcamelNOUNNumber=Sing9 busynsubj
8wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 busycop
9busybusyADJDegree=Pos4 lazyconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastthe Marinerlazy propertytree rules
2ispastthe Camelbusy propertytree rules

Option 4

The Camel was clever

detnsubjcoprootTheDETCamelNOUNwasAUXcleverADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 Cameldet
2CamelcamelNOUNNumber=Sing4 clevernsubj
3wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 clevercop
4clevercleverADJDegree=Posrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastthe Camelclever propertytree rules

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