Test 1 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got…
Noah reckons: "The animals went to the forest cos they liked the shade." Put him right.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Noah, animals, you · What happens: reckon, go, like, put · To what, where: forest, shade, Noah · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 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. 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: Noah reckons: "The animals went to the forest cos they liked the shade."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 reckons | nsubj |
| 2 | reckons | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 went | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 went | punct |
| 5 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 animals | det |
| 6 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 went | nsubj |
| 7 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 reckons | parataxis |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 forest | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 forest | det |
| 10 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 went | obl |
| 11 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 13 liked | mark |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 liked | nsubj |
| 13 | liked | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 went | advcl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 shade | det |
| 15 | shade | shade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 liked | obj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 reckons | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 reckons | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | present | Noah | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | go in a quote | past | the animals | the forest | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to forest=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | like in a quote | past | animals = animal | the shade | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot shade=Theme |
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: Put him right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | Noah | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
They were escaping from the Leopard and the hunter
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 escaping | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 escaping | aux |
| 3 | escaping | escape | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 Leopard | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Leopard | det |
| 6 | Leopard | Leopard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 escaping | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 hunter | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 hunter | det |
| 9 | hunter | hunter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Leopard | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | escape | past · progressive | They | from the Leopard and the hunter | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from leopard=Initial_Location |
Option 2
Baviaan told them to go there and change colour
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baviaan | Baviaan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 told | nsubj |
| 2 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 told | iobj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 go | mark |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 told | xcomp |
| 6 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 go | advmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 change | cc |
| 8 | change | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 told | conj |
| 9 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 change | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past | Baviaan | them = they | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | go not said to happen | to-infinitive | Baviaan not said here | there | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | change | present | Baviaan not said here | colour | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
They had eaten up every bit of grass on the High Veldt
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 eaten | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 eaten | aux |
| 3 | eaten | eat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 eaten | compound:prt |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 bit | det |
| 6 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 eaten | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 grass | case |
| 8 | grass | grass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bit | nmod |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 Veldt | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Veldt | det |
| 11 | High | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 Veldt | amod |
| 12 | Veldt | Veldt | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 eaten | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat up | past · perfect | They | every bit of grass | the High Veldt | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient |
Option 4
The Djinn of All Deserts sent them away to work
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Djinn | det |
| 2 | Djinn | Djinn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 sent | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Deserts | case |
| 4 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 Deserts | det |
| 5 | Deserts | Desert | PROPN | Number=Plur | 2 Djinn | nmod |
| 6 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 sent | obj |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 6 sent | advmod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 work | mark |
| 10 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 sent | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send away | past | the Djinn of all Deserts | Deserts = desert | away property | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | |||
| 2 | work | to-infinitive | the Djinn of all Deserts not said here | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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