Exam question 3 · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got…

Select the response that most accurately characterises the condition of the Leopard and the hunter subsequent to their diet of rats, beetles and rock-rabbits.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, most · What happens: select, characteris, condition · To what, where: response, condition, Leopard

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 characterises	mark
5	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 characterises	nsubj
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	5 most	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Select	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 condition	det
9	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 Leopard	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Leopard	det
12	Leopard	Leopard	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 condition	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 subsequent	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 subsequent	det
15	hunter	hunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 subsequent	compound
16	subsequent	subsequent	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 condition	conj
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 diet	case
18	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 diet	nmod:poss
19	diet	diet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 rats	case
21	rats	rat	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 diet	nmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 beetles	punct
23	beetles	beetle	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 rats	conj
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 rabbits	cc
25	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 rabbits	compound
26	-	-	PUNCT	_	25 rock	punct
27	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 rats	conj
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	characteris	present	most	the condition of the Leopard and the hunter subsequent	to condition's diet of rats and beetles and rock rabbits	tree rules
3	condition			the Leopard		nom condition «state transitive»: of=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They suffered the Big Tummy-ache together

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 suffered	nsubj
2	suffered	suffer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ache	det
4	Big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ache	amod
5	Tummy	Tummy	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 ache	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 Tummy	punct
7	ache	ache	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 suffered	obj
8	together	together	ADV	_	2 suffered	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suffer	past	They	the Big Tummy ache				together property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ache=Stimulus

Option 2

They were restored to vigour and strength

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 restored	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 restored	aux:pass
3	restored	restore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 vigour	case
5	vigour	vigour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 restored	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 strength	cc
7	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 vigour	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restore	past · passive		They	vigour and strength				vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to vigour=Recipient

Option 3

They were rendered entirely invisible

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 rendered	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 rendered	aux:pass
3	rendered	render	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	5 invisible	advmod
5	invisible	invisible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rendered	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	past · passive		They				invisible property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

They acquired spots and stripes forthwith

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 acquired	nsubj
2	acquired	acquire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	spots	spot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 acquired	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 stripes	cc
5	stripes	stripe	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 spots	conj
6	forthwith	forthwith	ADV	_	2 acquired	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	acquire	past	They	spots and stripes				forthwith property	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset spot=Theme

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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