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.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Compare | compare | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Camel | det |
| 3 | Camel | camel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Compare | obj |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 Mariner | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Mariner | det |
| 6 | Mariner | Mariner | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Compare | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 story | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 story | det |
| 9 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 10 story | amod |
| 10 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Compare | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Compare | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | compare | imperative | you not said here | the Camel | the first story | with the Mariner | vn 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?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
They are both clever
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 | 4 clever | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 clever | cop |
| 3 | both | both | ADV | _ | 4 clever | advmod |
| 4 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | both, clever property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The Mariner was clever and busy; the Camel was idle and rude
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 | 4 clever | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 clever | cop |
| 4 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 busy | cc |
| 6 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 clever | conj |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 11 idle | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Camel | det |
| 9 | Camel | camel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 idle | nsubj |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 idle | cop |
| 11 | idle | idle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 clever | conj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 rude | cc |
| 13 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 idle | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the Mariner | clever property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | the Mariner not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | is | past | the Camel | idle property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | be | the Camel not said here | tree rules |
Option 3
The Mariner was lazy; the Camel was busy
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 | 4 lazy | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 lazy | cop |
| 4 | lazy | lazy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 busy | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Camel | det |
| 7 | Camel | camel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 busy | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 busy | cop |
| 9 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 lazy | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the Mariner | lazy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | past | the Camel | busy property | tree rules |
Option 4
The Camel was clever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Camel | det |
| 2 | Camel | camel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 clever | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 clever | cop |
| 4 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the Camel | clever property | tree rules |
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