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

What would have happened if the Camel had listened to the Djinn's warning?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Camel, Djinn · What happens: happen, listen, warn

This is test 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. 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 listened	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Camel	det
7	Camel	camel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 listened	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 listened	aux
9	listened	listen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 happened	advcl
10	to	to	ADP	_	14 warning	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Djinn	det
12	Djinn	Djinn	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 warning	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Djinn	case
14	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 listened	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	happen	would · perfect			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	listen a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect	the Camel	to the Djinn's warning	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to warning=Theme
3	warn		the Djinn		nom warning «communication transitive»: poss=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

He would have worked hard every single day and never been lazy or grumpy again in his whole life

The tree, 19 words

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	4 worked	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 worked	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 worked	aux
4	worked	work	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 worked	advmod
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 day	det
7	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 day	amod
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 worked	obl:unmarked
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 lazy	cc
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 lazy	advmod
11	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 lazy	cop
12	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 worked	conj
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 grumpy	cc
14	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 lazy	conj
15	again	again	ADV	_	4 worked	advmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	19 life	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 life	nmod:poss
18	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 life	amod
19	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 worked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	work	would · perfect	He	again; day	in his whole life; hard property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in life=Theme
2	not is	participle	He not said here		lazy property	tree rules
3	be		He not said here			tree rules

Option 2

He would have worked hard every day and never been lazy or grumpy again for the rest of his life

The tree, 20 words

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	4 worked	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 worked	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 worked	aux
4	worked	work	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 worked	advmod
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 worked	obl:unmarked
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 lazy	cc
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 lazy	advmod
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 lazy	cop
11	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 worked	conj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 grumpy	cc
13	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 lazy	conj
14	again	again	ADV	_	4 worked	advmod
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 rest	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 rest	det
17	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 worked	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 life	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 life	nmod:poss
20	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 rest	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	work	would · perfect	He	again; day	for the rest of his life; hard property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for rest=Beneficiary
2	not is	participle	He not said here		lazy property	tree rules
3	be		He not said here			tree rules

Option 3

He would have worked all week

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	4 worked	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 worked	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 worked	aux
4	worked	work	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 week	det
6	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 worked	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	would · perfect	He				week		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He might never have got his hump

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 got	nsubj
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 got	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 got	advmod
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 got	aux
5	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hump	nmod:poss
7	hump	hump	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not get	might · perfect	He	his hump					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hump=Stimulus

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