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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."

nsubjpunctpunctdetnsubjparataxiscasedetoblmarknsubjadvcldetobjpunctpunctrootNoahPROPNreckonsVERB:PUNCT"PUNCTTheDETanimalsNOUNwentVERBtoADPtheDETforestNOUNcosSCONJtheyPRONlikedVERBtheDETshadeNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NoahNoahPROPNNumber=Sing2 reckonsnsubj
2reckonsreckonVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3::PUNCT_7 wentpunct
4""PUNCT_7 wentpunct
5ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 animalsdet
6animalsanimalNOUNNumber=Plur7 wentnsubj
7wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 reckonsparataxis
8totoADP_10 forestcase
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 forestdet
10forestforestNOUNNumber=Sing7 wentobl
11coscosSCONJ_13 likedmark
12theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs13 likednsubj
13likedlikeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 wentadvcl
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 shadedet
15shadeshadeNOUNNumber=Sing13 likedobj
16..PUNCT_2 reckonspunct
17""PUNCT_2 reckonspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1reckonpresentNoahvn consider-29.9-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2go in a quotepastthe animalsthe forestvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to forest=Initial_Location
3like in a quotepastanimals = animalthe shadevn 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.

objadvmodpunctrootPutVERBhimPRONrightADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PutputVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Putobj
3rightrightADV_1 Putadvmod
4..PUNCT_1 Putpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1putimperativeyou not said hereNoahright propertyvn 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

nsubjauxcasedetoblccdetconjrootTheyPRONwereAUXescapingVERBfromADPtheDETLeopardPROPNandCCONJtheDEThunterNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs3 escapingnsubj
2werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 escapingaux
3escapingescapeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
4fromfromADP_6 Leopardcase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 Leoparddet
6LeopardLeopardPROPNNumber=Sing3 escapingobl
7andandCCONJ_9 huntercc
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 hunterdet
9hunterhunterNOUNNumber=Sing6 Leopardconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1escapepast · progressiveTheyfrom the Leopard and the huntervn 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

nsubjiobjmarkxcompadvmodccconjobjrootBaviaanPROPNtoldVERBthemPRONtoPARTgoVERBthereADVandCCONJchangeVERBcolourNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BaviaanBaviaanPROPNNumber=Sing2 toldnsubj
2toldtellVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs2 toldiobj
4totoPART_5 gomark
5gogoVERBVerbForm=Inf2 toldxcomp
6therethereADVPronType=Dem5 goadvmod
7andandCCONJ_8 changecc
8changechangeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 toldconj
9colourcolourNOUNNumber=Sing8 changeobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tell speech: assertpastBaviaanthem = theyvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
2go not said to happento-infinitiveBaviaan not said heretherevn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3changepresentBaviaan not said herecolourvn 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

nsubjauxcompound:prtdetobjcasenmodcasedetamodoblrootTheyPRONhadAUXeatenVERBupADPeveryDETbitNOUNofADPgrassNOUNonADPtheDETHighADJVeldtPROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs3 eatennsubj
2hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 eatenaux
3eateneatVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
4upupADP_3 eatencompound:prt
5everyeveryDETPronType=Tot6 bitdet
6bitbitNOUNNumber=Sing3 eatenobj
7ofofADP_8 grasscase
8grassgrassNOUNNumber=Sing6 bitnmod
9ononADP_12 Veldtcase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 Veldtdet
11HighhighADJDegree=Pos12 Veldtamod
12VeldtVeldtPROPNNumber=Sing3 eatenobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1eat uppast · perfectTheyevery bit of grassthe High Veldtvn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient

Option 4

The Djinn of All Deserts sent them away to work

detnsubjcasedetnmodobjadvmodmarkadvclrootTheDETDjinnPROPNofADPAllDETDesertsPROPNsentVERBthemPRONawayADVtoPARTworkVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 Djinndet
2DjinnDjinnPROPNNumber=Sing6 sentnsubj
3ofofADP_5 Desertscase
4AllallDETPronType=Tot5 Desertsdet
5DesertsDesertPROPNNumber=Plur2 Djinnnmod
6sentsendVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
7themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs6 sentobj
8awayawayADV_6 sentadvmod
9totoPART_10 workmark
10workworkVERBVerbForm=Inf6 sentadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1send awaypastthe Djinn of all DesertsDeserts = desertaway propertyvn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2workto-infinitivethe Djinn of all Deserts not said herevn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=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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