Test 11 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got…

Which earlier helper in the book is most like Baviaan, a clever creature who gives a tricky answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Baviaan, earlier helper, clever creature · What happens: helper, be, give · To what, where: book, tricky answer

This is test 11 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 helper	nsubj
2	earlier	early	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 helper	amod
3	helper	helper	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Baviaan	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 book	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 book	det
6	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 helper	nmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 Baviaan	cop
8	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	10 Baviaan	advmod
9	like	like	ADP	_	10 Baviaan	case
10	Baviaan	Baviaan	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 creature	punct
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 creature	det
13	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 creature	amod
14	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Baviaan	appos
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 gives	nsubj
16	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 creature	acl:relcl
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 answer	det
18	tricky	tricky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 answer	amod
19	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 gives	obj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 Baviaan	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	helper		Baviaan		the book		tree rules
2	is	present	earlier helper			like Baviaan	tree rules
3	give	present	a clever creature	a tricky answer			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The Rhino, who came down to the beach with few manners

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rhino	det
2	Rhino	Rhino	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 came	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 came	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 came	nsubj
5	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	down	down	ADV	_	5 came	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 beach	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 beach	det
9	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 came	obl
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 manners	case
11	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 manners	amod
12	manners	manners	NOUN	Number=Ptan	9 beach	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come down	past	the Rhino			the beach with few manners		down property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to beach=Initial_Location

Option 2

The Horse, who went and told the Man about the Camel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Horse	det
2	Horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 went	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 went	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 went	nsubj
5	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 told	cc
7	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 went	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Man	det
9	Man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 told	obj
10	about	about	ADP	_	12 Camel	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Camel	det
12	Camel	camel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Man	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	the Horse						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	past	the Horse not said here		the Man				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent man=Recipient about camel=Topic

Option 3

The Ox, who came with the yoke on his neck to plough

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Ox	det
2	Ox	ox	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 came	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 came	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 came	nsubj
5	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 yoke	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 yoke	det
8	yoke	yoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 came	obl
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 neck	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 neck	nmod:poss
11	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 came	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 plough	mark
13	plough	plough	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 came	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	the Ox			Ox's neck		with the yoke	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on neck=Location
2	plough	to-infinitive	the Ox not said here						vn wipe_instr-10.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The 'Stute Fish, who sent the Whale to find a man

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Fish	det
2	'	'	PUNCT	_	3 Stute	punct
3	Stute	Stute	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Fish	compound
4	Fish	Fish	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 sent	obl:unmarked
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sent	punct
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 sent	nsubj
7	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Whale	det
9	Whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sent	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 find	mark
11	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 sent	advcl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 man	det
13	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past		the Stute Fish					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whale=Theme
2	find	to-infinitive		a man					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Topic

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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