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Test 2 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 3: How the Rhinoceros g…

Josh, London: "That rhino's well peak, bruv, ate the man's whole cake, no ask." ("peak" = unfair and bad luck, "bruv" = mate.) Which word does the story use for him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Josh, word · What happens: eat, use · To what, where: whole cake

This is test 2 · ★ 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: Josh, London: "That rhino's well peak, bruv, ate the man's whole cake, no ask."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Josh	Josh	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 ate	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 London	punct
3	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Josh	appos
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 peak	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 peak	punct
6	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 rhino	det
7	rhino	rhino	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 peak	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 rhino	case
9	well	well	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 peak	amod
10	peak	peak	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Josh	appos
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 bruv	punct
12	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 peak	appos
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Josh	punct
14	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 man	det
16	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 cake	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 man	case
18	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 cake	amod
19	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ate	obj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 ask	punct
21	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	22 ask	det
22	ask	ask	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ate	parataxis
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 ate	punct
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 ate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat in a quote	past	Josh	the man's whole cake					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Patient

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: ("peak" = unfair and bad luck, "bruv" = mate.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 peak	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 peak	punct
3	peak	peak	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 peak	punct
5	=	=	SYM	_	9 luck	punct
6	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 luck	amod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 bad	cc
8	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 unfair	conj
9	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 peak	appos
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 bruv	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 bruv	punct
12	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 luck	appos
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 bruv	punct
14	=	=	SYM	_	15 mate	punct
15	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 luck	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 peak	punct
17	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 peak	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 3: Which word does the story use for him?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 word	det
2	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 use	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 use	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 story	det
5	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 use	nsubj
6	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 use	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present · do-support	which word					for story	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He was peaked and ate the whole cake without asking

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 peaked	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 peaked	aux:pass
3	peaked	peak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 ate	cc
5	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 peaked	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cake	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cake	amod
8	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ate	obj
9	without	without	SCONJ	_	10 asking	mark
10	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 ate	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	peak	past · passive		He					tree rules
2	eat	past		the whole cake					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Patient
3	ask speech: ask	gerund							vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He had no friends

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	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 friends	det
4	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	He	no friends					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He had few manners

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	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 manners	amod
4	manners	manners	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	He	few manners					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manners=Patient

Option 4

He had a horn on his nose and few manners

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	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 horn	det
4	horn	horn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 nose	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 nose	nmod:poss
7	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 manners	cc
9	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 manners	amod
10	manners	manners	NOUN	Number=Ptan	7 nose	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	He	a horn		his nose and few manners			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horn=Patient

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