Test 1 · ★★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got…
Ruby says: "The Leopard got spots cos he stood in the shade like the Giraffe did." Put her right in the story.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ruby, Leopard, Giraffe, you · What happens: say, get, stand, do, put · To what, where: spots, shade, Giraffe, story · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 78 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got his Spots, part 2 (One, two, three, and where's your breakfast?)» 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: Ruby says: "The Leopard got spots cos he stood in the shade like the Giraffe did."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 got | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 got | punct |
| 5 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Leopard | det |
| 6 | Leopard | Leopard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 got | nsubj |
| 7 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 8 | spots | spot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 got | obj |
| 9 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 11 stood | mark |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 stood | nsubj |
| 11 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 got | advcl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 shade | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 shade | det |
| 14 | shade | shade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 stood | obl |
| 15 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 18 did | mark |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Giraffe | det |
| 17 | Giraffe | Giraffe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 did | nsubj |
| 18 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 stood | advcl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 got | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Ruby | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | get in a quote | past | the Leopard | spots | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spot=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | stand in a quote | past | Leopard | the shade | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in shade=Location | ||||
| 4 | do in a quote | past | the Giraffe | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 her right in the story.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 story | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 story | det |
| 6 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | Giraffe | the story | right property | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme in story=Destination |
The options
Option 1
In the story the Giraffe got them from the trees
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 story | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 story | det |
| 3 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 got | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Giraffe | det |
| 5 | Giraffe | Giraffe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 got | nsubj |
| 6 | got | get | 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 got | obj |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 trees | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 trees | det |
| 10 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 got | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | the Giraffe | them = they | the story | from the trees | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent they=Theme from tree=Source |
Option 2
In the story the Leopard got his spots from the Baboon's riddle and never from any shade at all
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 story | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 story | det |
| 3 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 got | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Leopard | det |
| 5 | Leopard | Leopard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 got | nsubj |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 spots | nmod:poss |
| 8 | spots | spot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 got | obj |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 riddle | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Baboon | det |
| 11 | Baboon | Baboon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 riddle | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 Baboon | case |
| 13 | riddle | riddle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 got | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 shade | cc |
| 15 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 18 shade | advmod |
| 16 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 shade | case |
| 17 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 18 shade | det |
| 18 | shade | shade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 riddle | conj |
| 19 | at | at | ADP | _ | 20 all | case |
| 20 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 18 shade | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | the Leopard | Leopard's spots | the story | from the Baboon's riddle and any shade at all | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent spot=Theme from riddle=Source | ||
| 2 | riddle | the Baboon | nom riddle «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
In the story the Zebra got stripes from sunlight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 story | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 story | det |
| 3 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 got | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Zebra | det |
| 5 | Zebra | Zebra | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 got | nsubj |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | stripes | stripe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 got | obj |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 sunlight | case |
| 9 | sunlight | sunlight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 got | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | the Zebra | stripes | the story | from sunlight | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent stripe=Theme from sunlight=Source |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
In the story the hunter pressed his fingertips on him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 story | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 story | det |
| 3 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pressed | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 hunter | det |
| 5 | hunter | hunter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pressed | nsubj |
| 6 | pressed | press | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 fingertips | nmod:poss |
| 8 | fingertips | fingertip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 pressed | obj |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 him | case |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 pressed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | press | past | the hunter | hunter's fingertips | the story | on him = he | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fingertip=Theme |
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