Exam question 4 · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 3: How the Rhinoceros g…
State, in accordance with established zoology, the material of which the horn of a rhinoceros is composed.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: establish, compose · To what, where: horn
This is exam question 4 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 | State | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 accordance | punct |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 accordance | case |
| 4 | accordance | accordance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 State | appos |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 zoology | case |
| 6 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 zoology | amod |
| 7 | zoology | zoology | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 accordance | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 material | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 material | det |
| 10 | material | material | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 zoology | appos |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 which | case |
| 12 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 composed | obl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 horn | det |
| 14 | horn | horn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 composed | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 rhinoceros | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 rhinoceros | det |
| 17 | rhinoceros | rhinoceros | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 horn | nmod |
| 18 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 composed | aux:pass |
| 19 | composed | compose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 material | acl:relcl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 State | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | establish | participle | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||||
| 2 | compose | present · passive | the horn of a rhinoceros | of the material | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
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
Horn made of pure calcium
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Horn | horn | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Horn | acl |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 calcium | case |
| 4 | pure | pure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 calcium | amod |
| 5 | calcium | calcium | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | participle | Horn not said here | of pure calcium | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
Option 2
Keratin, the stuff of teeth and bone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keratin | Keratin | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 stuff | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 stuff | det |
| 4 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keratin | appos |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 teeth | case |
| 6 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 stuff | nmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 bone | cc |
| 8 | bone | bone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 teeth | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Ivory
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivory | ivory | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Keratin, the substance of hair and nails
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keratin | Keratin | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 substance | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 substance | det |
| 4 | substance | substance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keratin | appos |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 hair | case |
| 6 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 substance | nmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 nails | cc |
| 8 | nails | nail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 hair | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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