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Test 1 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 3: How the Rhinoceros g…

Ella reckons: "The Parsee was just mean for no reason." Put her right.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ella, Parsee, you · What happens: reckon, be, put · To what, where: Ella · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 76 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 3: How the Rhinoceros got his Skin» 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: Ella reckons: "The Parsee was just mean for no reason."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ella	Ella	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 reckons	nsubj
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	2 reckons	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 mean	punct
5	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Parsee	det
6	Parsee	Parsee	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 mean	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 mean	cop
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 mean	advmod
9	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 reckons	parataxis
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 reason	case
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 reason	det
12	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mean	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reckons	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	Ella						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	is in a quote	past	the Parsee					for no reason; mean property	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: Put her right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here		Ella			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal

The options

Option 1

He was grumpy about his stove

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	3 grumpy	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grumpy	cop
3	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 stove	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 stove	nmod:poss
6	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grumpy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					about his stove; grumpy property	tree rules

Option 2

The Rhino ate fish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rhino	det
2	Rhino	Rhino	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ate	nsubj
3	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	the Rhino	fish					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient

Option 3

The Rhino stole his hat and ran

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rhino	det
2	Rhino	Rhino	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 stole	nsubj
3	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 hat	nmod:poss
5	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stole	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 ran	cc
7	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 stole	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past	the Rhino	Rhino's hat					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hat=Theme
2	run	past	the Rhino not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The Rhino had knocked over his stove and eaten his cake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rhino	det
2	Rhino	Rhino	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 knocked	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 knocked	aux
4	knocked	knock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	over	over	ADP	_	4 knocked	compound:prt
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 stove	nmod:poss
7	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 knocked	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 eaten	cc
9	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 knocked	conj
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 cake	nmod:poss
11	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 eaten	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knock over	past · perfect · passive		the Rhino					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination stove=Theme
2	eat	participle		his cake					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=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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