Test 6 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 3: How the Rhinoceros g…
Uncle Mike: "Them that takes cakes... d'ya get it?" What is the rhyme really saying?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Them, Uncle Mike, rhyme · What happens: take, get, be · To what, where: cakes, Them
This is test 6 · ★ 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: Uncle Mike: "Them that takes cakes... d'ya get it?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Mike | compound |
| 2 | Mike | Mike | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 get | nsubj |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 Them | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 Them | punct |
| 5 | Them | them | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Mike | appos |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 takes | nsubj |
| 7 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 Them | acl:relcl |
| 8 | cakes | cake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 takes | obj |
| 9 | ... | ... | PUNCT | _ | 2 Mike | punct |
| 10 | d'ya | d'ya | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 get | compound |
| 11 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 get | obj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 11 get | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take in a quote | present | Them | cakes | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get in a quote | infinitive | Uncle Mike | Them | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
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: What is the rhyme really saying?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 saying | obj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 saying | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 rhyme | det |
| 4 | rhyme | rhyme | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 saying | nsubj |
| 5 | really | really | ADV | _ | 6 saying | advmod |
| 6 | saying | say | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 saying | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the rhyme | say property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Always share your cake nicely
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 2 share | advmod |
| 2 | share | share | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 cake | nmod:poss |
| 4 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 share | obj |
| 5 | nicely | nicely | ADV | _ | 2 share | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | imperative | you not said here | your cake | always, nicely property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Never bake cakes for rhinos
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 bake | advmod |
| 2 | bake | bake | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | cakes | cake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 bake | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 rhinos | case |
| 5 | rhinos | rhino | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 bake | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not bake | imperative | you not said here | cakes | for rhinos | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent cake=Material for rhino=Beneficiary |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
If you steal, you will be paid back for it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 3 steal | mark |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 steal | nsubj |
| 3 | steal | steal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 paid | advcl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 steal | punct |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 paid | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 paid | aux |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 paid | aux:pass |
| 8 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | back | back | ADV | _ | 8 paid | advmod |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 it | case |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 paid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steal a condition, not said to happen | present | you | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | pay back | future · passive | you | for it | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Asset for it=Theme |
Option 4
If you steal, you will be paid back for it in the end
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 3 steal | mark |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 steal | nsubj |
| 3 | steal | steal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 paid | advcl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 steal | punct |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 paid | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 paid | aux |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 paid | aux:pass |
| 8 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | back | back | ADV | _ | 8 paid | advmod |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 it | case |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 paid | obl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 end | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 end | det |
| 14 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 paid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steal a condition, not said to happen | present | you | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | pay back | future · passive | you | in the end | for it | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Asset for it=Theme |
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