Exam question 1 · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got…

Identify the animal which, according to the narrative, initiated the departure from the High Veldt, together with the reason stated.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, narrative · What happens: identify, accord, initiate, state · To what, where: animal, departure, High Veldt

This is exam question 1 of lesson 77 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got his Spots, part 1 (the game goes into the forest)» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 animal	det
3	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	1 Identify	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 narrative	punct
6	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 narrative	case
7	to	to	ADP	_	6 according	fixed
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 narrative	det
9	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 stated	nsubj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 initiated	punct
11	initiated	initiate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 narrative	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 departure	det
13	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 initiated	obj
14	from	from	ADP	_	17 Veldt	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Veldt	det
16	High	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 Veldt	amod
17	Veldt	Veldt	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 initiated	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 together	punct
19	together	together	ADV	_	11 initiated	advmod
20	with	with	ADP	_	22 reason	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 reason	det
22	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 initiated	obl
23	stated	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	parataxis
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the animal			tree rules
2	accord	gerund					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	initiate	participle	the narrative not said here	the departure	the High Veldt	with the reason; together property	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent departure=Patient with reason=Instrument
4	state speech: other	past	the narrative				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1

The Eland, his fear being the strongest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Eland	det
2	Eland	Eland	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 strongest	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 fear	punct
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 fear	nmod:poss
5	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Eland	appos
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 strongest	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 strongest	det
8	strongest	strong	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund	the Eland					strong property	tree rules
2	fear		his = he						nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

The Zebra, his speed being the greatest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Zebra	det
2	Zebra	Zebra	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 greatest	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 speed	punct
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 speed	nmod:poss
5	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Zebra	appos
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 greatest	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 greatest	det
8	greatest	great	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund	the Zebra					great property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The Giraffe, his legs being the longest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Giraffe	det
2	Giraffe	Giraffe	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 longest	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 legs	punct
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 legs	nmod:poss
5	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 Giraffe	conj
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 longest	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 longest	det
8	longest	long	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund	the Giraffe and his legs					long property	tree rules

Option 4

The Leopard, his hunger being the sharpest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Leopard	det
2	Leopard	Leopard	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 sharpest	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 hunger	punct
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 hunger	nmod:poss
5	hunger	hunger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Leopard	appos
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 sharpest	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sharpest	det
8	sharpest	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund	the Leopard					sharp property	tree rules
2	hunger		Leopard						nom hunger «state intransitive»: poss=agent

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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