Test 4 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 2: How the Camel got hi…
Rhys, Wales: "Our Mam says I've got the hump today, I'm proper tamping." ("tamping" = really angry.) What does "got the hump" mean?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Rhys, hump · What happens: say, get, be, mean · To what, where: hump, proper tamping · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ 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: Rhys, Wales: "Our Mam says I've got the hump today, I'm proper tamping."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rhys | Rhys | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 says | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 Wales | punct |
| 3 | Wales | Wales | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Rhys | conj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 says | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 says | punct |
| 6 | Our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 Mam | nmod:poss |
| 7 | Mam | mam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 says | nsubj |
| 8 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 got | nsubj |
| 10 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 got | aux |
| 11 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 says | ccomp |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 hump | det |
| 13 | hump | hump | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 got | obj |
| 14 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 got | obl:unmarked |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 tamping | punct |
| 16 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 tamping | nsubj |
| 17 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 tamping | cop |
| 18 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 tamping | amod |
| 19 | tamping | tamping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 says | ccomp |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 tamping | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 tamping | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | Rhys and Wales | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | get in a quote | present · perfect | Rhys and Wales = rhys | the hump | today | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hump=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | Rhys and Wales = rhys | proper tamping | tree rules |
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: ("tamping" = really angry.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 7 angry | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 tamping | punct |
| 3 | tamping | tamping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 angry | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 tamping | punct |
| 5 | = | = | SYM | _ | 7 angry | punct |
| 6 | really | really | ADV | _ | 7 angry | advmod |
| 7 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 angry | punct |
| 9 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 7 angry | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: What does "got the hump" mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 got | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 got | aux |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hump | det |
| 6 | hump | hump | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obj |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 hump | punct |
| 8 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 got | xcomp |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | present · do-support | the hump | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | mean | infinitive | the hump not said here | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Grumpy and sulky
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grumpy | grumpy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 sulky | cc |
| 3 | sulky | sulky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Grumpy | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Angry enough to start a fight with the whole family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 1 Angry | advmod |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 start | mark |
| 4 | start | start | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Angry | advcl |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 fight | det |
| 6 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 start | obj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 family | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 family | det |
| 9 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 family | amod |
| 10 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fight | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | to-infinitive | a fight | with the whole family | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.subeventuality»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality with family=Subeventuality |
Option 3
Angry enough to fight the whole family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 1 Angry | advmod |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 fight | mark |
| 4 | fight | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Angry | advcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 family | det |
| 6 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 family | amod |
| 7 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fight | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | to-infinitive | the whole family | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Co-Agent |
Option 4
Feeling very sleepy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feeling | feel | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | very | very | ADV | _ | 3 sleepy | advmod |
| 3 | sleepy | sleepy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Feeling | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | gerund | sleepy property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
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