Test 2 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 2: How the Camel got hi…
Gramps, Gen X: "That Camel was totally bogus, man, just chilling while the others worked." ("bogus" = bad, not fair.) Who had to do his work?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Camel, man, others · What happens: be, chill, work, have, do · To what, where: work
This is test 2 · ★ 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: Gramps, Gen X: "That Camel was totally bogus, man, just chilling while the others worked."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gramps | gramp | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 X | punct |
| 3 | Gen | Gen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 X | compound |
| 4 | X | x | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Gramps | conj |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 bogus | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 bogus | punct |
| 7 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 Camel | det |
| 8 | Camel | camel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 bogus | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 bogus | cop |
| 10 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 11 bogus | advmod |
| 11 | bogus | bogus | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Gramps | parataxis |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 man | punct |
| 13 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 bogus | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 chilling | punct |
| 15 | just | just | ADV | _ | 16 chilling | advmod |
| 16 | chilling | chill | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 man | acl:relcl |
| 17 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 20 worked | mark |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 others | det |
| 19 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 worked | nsubj |
| 20 | worked | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 chilling | advcl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 bogus | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 bogus | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | past | that Camel | bogus, totally property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | chill in a quote | gerund | man not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | work in a quote | past | the others | vn employment-95.3 «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.
Sentence 2: ("bogus" = bad, not fair.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 6 bad | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 bogus | punct |
| 3 | bogus | bogus | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 bad | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 bogus | punct |
| 5 | = | = | SYM | _ | 6 bad | punct |
| 6 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 fair | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 fair | advmod |
| 9 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 bad | conj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 bad | punct |
| 11 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 6 bad | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: Who had to do his work?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 do | mark |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 had | xcomp |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 work | nmod:poss |
| 6 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 do | obj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive | man's work | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | work | man | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The Man, the Horse and the Djinn all together
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Man | det |
| 2 | Man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Horse | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Horse | det |
| 5 | Horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Man | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 Djinn | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Djinn | det |
| 8 | Djinn | Djinn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Man | conj |
| 9 | all | all | ADV | _ | 10 together | advmod |
| 10 | together | together | ADV | _ | 2 Man | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The Dog, the Man and the Ox
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Dog | det |
| 2 | Dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Man | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Man | det |
| 5 | Man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Dog | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 Ox | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Ox | det |
| 8 | Ox | ox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Dog | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The Horse, the Dog and the Ox
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Horse | det |
| 2 | Horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Dog | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Dog | det |
| 5 | Dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Horse | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 Ox | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Ox | det |
| 8 | Ox | ox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Horse | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The Horse and the Whale
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Horse | det |
| 2 | Horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 Whale | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Whale | det |
| 5 | Whale | whale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Horse | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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