Test 4 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 3: How the Rhinoceros g… Chloe, Gen Z: "The Parsee's smile went round his face TWICE, I'm dead." ("I'm dead" = that's so funny.) Why was he so happy?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Chloe, I, Parsee, that · What happens: go, be, smile · To what, where: face
This is test 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. 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: Chloe, Gen Z: "The Parsee's smile went round his face TWICE, I'm dead."
nsubj punct compound appos punct punct det nmod:poss case nsubj case nmod:poss obl advmod punct nsubj cop advcl punct punct root Chloe PROPN , PUNCT Gen PROPN Z NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT The DET Parsee PROPN 's PART smile NOUN went VERB round ADP his PRON face NOUN TWICE ADV , PUNCT I PRON 'm AUX dead ADJ . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Chloe Chloe PROPN Number=Sing 11 went nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 4 Z punct 3 Gen Gen PROPN Number=Sing 4 Z compound 4 Z z NOUN Number=Sing 1 Chloe appos 5 : : PUNCT _ 11 went punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 11 went punct 7 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 Parsee det 8 Parsee Parsee PROPN Number=Sing 10 smile nmod:poss 9 's 's PART _ 8 Parsee case 10 smile smile NOUN Number=Sing 11 went nsubj 11 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 12 round round ADP _ 14 face case 13 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 14 face nmod:poss 14 face face NOUN Number=Sing 11 went obl 15 TWICE twice ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 11 went advmod 16 , , PUNCT _ 19 dead punct 17 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 19 dead nsubj 18 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 19 dead cop 19 dead dead ADJ Degree=Pos 11 went advcl 20 . . PUNCT _ 11 went punct 21 " " PUNCT _ 11 went punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go in a quote past Chloe smile's face twice property vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme round face=Initial_Location 2 is in a quote present I dead property tree rules 3 smile in a quote the Parsee nom smile «communication transitive»: poss=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.
Sentence 2: ("I'm dead" = that's so funny.)
punct punct nsubj cop punct punct nsubj cop advmod conj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT I PRON 'm AUX dead ADJ " PUNCT = SYM that PRON 's AUX so ADV funny ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 dead punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 5 dead punct 3 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 5 dead nsubj 4 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 dead cop 5 dead dead ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 " " PUNCT _ 5 dead punct 7 = = SYM _ 11 funny punct 8 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 11 funny nsubj 9 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 funny cop 10 so so ADV _ 11 funny advmod 11 funny funny ADJ Degree=Pos 5 dead conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 5 dead punct 13 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 dead punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is in a quote present I dead property tree rules 2 is present that funny property tree rules
Sentence 3: Why was he so happy?
advmod cop nsubj advmod punct root Why ADV was AUX he PRON so ADV happy ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Int 5 happy advmod 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 happy cop 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 happy nsubj 4 so so ADV _ 5 happy advmod 5 happy happy ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 happy punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past Chloe happy property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice He had caught a big fish
nsubj:pass aux det amod obj root He PRON had AUX caught VERB a DET big ADJ fish NOUN 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 caught nsubj:pass 2 had have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 caught aux 3 caught catch VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 fish det 5 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 6 fish amod 6 fish fish NOUN Number=Sing 3 caught obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 catch past · perfect · passive He vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary fish=Theme
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer He had found the Rhino's skin and saw his chance
nsubj aux det nmod:poss case obj cc conj nmod:poss obj root He PRON had AUX found VERB the DET Rhino PROPN 's PART skin NOUN and CCONJ saw VERB his PRON chance NOUN 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 found nsubj 2 had have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 found aux 3 found find VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 Rhino det 5 Rhino Rhino PROPN Number=Sing 7 skin nmod:poss 6 's 's PART _ 5 Rhino case 7 skin skin NOUN Number=Sing 3 found obj 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 saw cc 9 saw see VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 found conj 10 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 11 chance nmod:poss 11 chance chance NOUN Number=Sing 9 saw obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 find past · perfect He the Rhino's skin vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Topic 2 see past He not said here his chance vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chance=Stimulus 3 chance his = he nom chance «state intransitive»: poss=agent
Option 3 He had found the Rhino's skin and saw his chance to get revenge
nsubj aux det nmod:poss case obj cc conj nmod:poss obj mark acl obj root He PRON had AUX found VERB the DET Rhino PROPN 's PART skin NOUN and CCONJ saw VERB his PRON chance NOUN to PART get VERB revenge NOUN 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 found nsubj 2 had have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 found aux 3 found find VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 Rhino det 5 Rhino Rhino PROPN Number=Sing 7 skin nmod:poss 6 's 's PART _ 5 Rhino case 7 skin skin NOUN Number=Sing 3 found obj 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 saw cc 9 saw see VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 found conj 10 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 11 chance nmod:poss 11 chance chance NOUN Number=Sing 9 saw obj 12 to to PART _ 13 get mark 13 get get VERB VerbForm=Inf 11 chance acl 14 revenge revenge NOUN Number=Sing 13 get obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 find past · perfect He the Rhino's skin vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Topic 2 see past He not said here his chance vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chance=Stimulus 3 get to-infinitive He not said here revenge vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer revenge=Stimulus 4 chance his = he nom chance «state intransitive»: poss=agent
Option 4 He had got a new hat
nsubj aux det amod obj root He PRON had AUX got VERB a DET new ADJ hat NOUN 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 got nsubj 2 had have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 got aux 3 got get VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 hat det 5 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 6 hat amod 6 hat hat NOUN Number=Sing 3 got obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get past · perfect He a new hat vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hat=Stimulus
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