Exam question 3 · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 3: How the Rhinoceros g…

Select the response that most accurately characterises the origin of the folds in the skin of the Rhinoceros according to the narrative.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, most · What happens: select, characteris, accord · To what, where: response, origin

This is exam question 3 of lesson 76 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 3: How the Rhinoceros got his Skin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 characterises	mark
5	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 characterises	nsubj
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	5 most	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Select	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 origin	det
9	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 folds	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 folds	det
12	folds	fold	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 origin	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 skin	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 skin	det
15	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 folds	nmod
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 Rhinoceros	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Rhinoceros	det
18	Rhinoceros	Rhinoceros	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 skin	nmod
19	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	22 narrative	case
20	to	to	ADP	_	19 according	fixed
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 narrative	det
22	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 folds	nmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	characteris	present	most	the origin of the folds in the skin of the Rhinoceros accord the narrative	tree rules
3	accord	gerund			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Eating too many plants for dinner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	too	too	ADV	_	3 many	advmod
3	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 plants	amod
4	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Eating	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 dinner	case
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Eating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	gerund		many plants				for dinner	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plant=Patient

Option 2

Vigorous rubbing against a palm tree to relieve itching from the crumbs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Vigorous	vigorous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 rubbing	amod
2	rubbing	rubbing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 relieve	nsubj
3	against	against	ADP	_	6 tree	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tree	det
5	palm	palm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tree	compound
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 relieve	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 relieve	mark
8	relieve	relieve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	itching	itch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 relieve	xcomp
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 crumbs	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 crumbs	det
12	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 itching	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	relieve	to-infinitive	Vigorous rubbing					against a palm tree	tree rules
2	itch	gerund	Vigorous rubbing not said here					from the crumbs	vn pain-40.8.1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Patient from crumb=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Vigorous rubbing against a palm tree to relieve itching

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Vigorous	vigorous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 rubbing	amod
2	rubbing	rubbing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	against	against	ADP	_	6 tree	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tree	det
5	palm	palm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tree	compound
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rubbing	nmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 relieve	mark
8	relieve	relieve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 rubbing	acl
9	itching	itching	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 relieve	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	relieve	to-infinitive		itching					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus itching=Experiencer

Option 4

Being pinched by the Parsee and then tied up in a sack of sand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 pinched	aux:pass
2	pinched	pinch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 Parsee	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Parsee	det
5	Parsee	Parsee	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 pinched	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 tied	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 tied	advmod
8	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 pinched	conj
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 tied	compound:prt
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 sack	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 sack	det
12	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tied	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 sand	case
14	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sack	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pinch	gerund · passive	the Parsee						vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	tie up	participle	the Parsee not said here			a sack of sand	then		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=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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