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Test 6 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got…

Grandad, Northern Ireland: "Yon baboon's a cute one, so he is, winkin' away." ("yon" = that, "cute" here = sly, clever.) What did Baviaan's wink show?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Yon baboon, Grandad, Baviaan · What happens: be, do, show · To what, where: cute one, winkin, wink show

This is test 6 · ★ 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: Grandad, Northern Ireland: "Yon baboon's a cute one, so he is, winkin' away."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 winkin	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Ireland	punct
3	Northern	Northern	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Ireland	flat
4	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Grandad	nmod
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 one	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 one	punct
7	Yon	Yon	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 baboon	compound
8	baboon	baboon	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 one	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 one	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 one	det
11	cute	cute	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 one	amod
12	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 winkin	advcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 is	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	16 is	advmod
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 is	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 winkin	cop
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 is	punct
18	winkin	winkin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
19	'	'	PUNCT	_	18 winkin	punct
20	away	away	ADV	_	18 winkin	advmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 winkin	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 winkin	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	Yon baboon	a cute one					tree rules
2	is a in a quote	present	Grandad Northern Ireland	winkin				away property	tree rules

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: ("yon" = that, "cute" here = sly, clever.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	9 cute	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 yon	punct
3	yon	yon	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cute	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 yon	punct
5	=	=	SYM	_	9 cute	punct
6	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 cute	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 cute	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 cute	punct
9	cute	cute	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 cute	punct
11	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 cute	advmod
12	=	=	SYM	_	13 sly	punct
13	sly	sly	ADV	_	9 cute	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 clever	punct
15	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cute	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 cute	punct
17	)	)	PUNCT	_	9 cute	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 3: What did Baviaan's wink show?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Baviaan	Baviaan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 show	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Baviaan	case
5	wink	wink	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 show	compound
6	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		Baviaan's wink show					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent show=Eventuality
2	show		Baviaan						nom show «act transitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He had something in his eye from the dusty veldt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 had	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 eye	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 eye	nmod:poss
6	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obl
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 veldt	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 veldt	det
9	dusty	dusty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 veldt	amod
10	veldt	veldt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	He	something		his eye		from the dusty veldt	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient

Option 2

He was falling asleep in the very hot afternoon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 falling	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 falling	aux
3	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 falling	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	9 afternoon	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 afternoon	det
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 hot	advmod
8	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 afternoon	amod
9	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 falling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past · progressive	He				afternoon	asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He knew the answer but would not say it plainly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 knew	nsubj
2	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 answer	det
4	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 knew	obj
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 say	cc
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 say	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 say	advmod
8	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 knew	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 say	obj
10	plainly	plainly	ADV	_	8 say	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	past	He	the answer					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer answer=Stimulus
2	not say speech: assert	would	He not said here	answer				plainly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 4

He was making fun of the Leopard's sandy colour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 making	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 making	aux
3	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 making	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	10 colour	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Leopard	det
7	Leopard	Leopard	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 colour	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Leopard	case
9	sandy	sandy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 colour	amod
10	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fun	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past · progressive	He	fun of the Leopard's sandy colour					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fun=Product

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