Test 7 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 2: How the Camel got hi…

Why does the story keep saying "with the world so new-and-all"?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: story · What happens: keep, say · To what, where: all · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 keep	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 keep	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 story	det
4	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keep	nsubj
5	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 keep	xcomp
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 world	punct
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 world	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 world	det
10	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 saying	obl
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 new	advmod
12	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 all	amod
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 all	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 all	cc
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 all	punct
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 saying	obj
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 all	punct
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present · do-support	the story						tree rules
2	say speech: assert	gerund	the story not said here	all				with the world	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent all=Theme with world=Manner

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

It is an old saying meaning that the world was brand new, full of unfinished work, and everyone was needed to help build it

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 saying	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 saying	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 saying	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 saying	amod
5	saying	saying	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	meaning	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 saying	acl
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 new	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 world	det
9	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 new	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 new	cop
11	brand	brand	ADV	_	12 new	advmod
12	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 meaning	advcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 full	punct
14	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 new	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 work	case
16	unfinished	unfinished	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 work	amod
17	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 full	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 needed	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 needed	cc
20	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	22 needed	nsubj:pass
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 needed	aux:pass
22	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 saying	conj
23	to	to	PART	_	24 help	mark
24	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 needed	advcl
25	build	build	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 help	xcomp
26	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 build	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a old saying		tree rules
2	mean	gerund	a old saying not said here			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	the world		brand, new property	tree rules
4	be		the world not said here		of unfinished work	tree rules
5	need	past · passive		everyone		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme
6	help	to-infinitive				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
7	build	infinitive		world		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

Option 2

It's an old saying that means the world was brand new, full of unfinished work, and everybody was needed to help build it

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 saying	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 saying	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 saying	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 saying	amod
5	saying	saying	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 means	nsubj
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 saying	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 world	det
9	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 new	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 new	cop
11	brand	brand	ADV	_	12 new	advmod
12	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 means	ccomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 full	punct
14	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 new	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 work	case
16	unfinished	unfinished	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 work	amod
17	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 full	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 needed	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 needed	cc
20	everybody	everybody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	22 needed	nsubj:pass
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 needed	aux:pass
22	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 saying	conj
23	to	to	PART	_	24 help	mark
24	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 needed	advcl
25	build	build	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 help	xcomp
26	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 build	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a old saying		tree rules
2	mean	present	a old saying			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	the world		brand, new property	tree rules
4	be		the world not said here		of unfinished work	tree rules
5	need	past · passive		everybody		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme
6	help	to-infinitive				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
7	build	infinitive		world		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

Option 3

Because the world was very young then

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	6 young	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 world	det
3	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 young	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 young	cop
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 young	advmod
6	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 young	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the world				then	young property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Everyone was needed for work at the start of the world

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 needed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 needed	aux:pass
3	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 work	case
5	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needed	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 start	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 start	det
8	start	start	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needed	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 world	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 world	det
11	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 start	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	past · passive		Everyone		the start of the world		for work	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme
2	start			the world					nom start «event transitive»: of=patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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