Test 12 · ★★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got…
Unlike the Whale, the Camel and the Rhino, the Leopard is not punished. How does his change come?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: not punish, change · To what, where: Leopard, come
This is test 12 · ★★ 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: Unlike the Whale, the Camel and the Rhino, the Leopard is not punished.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unlike | unlike | ADP | _ | 3 Whale | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Whale | det |
| 3 | Whale | whale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 punished | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Camel | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Camel | det |
| 6 | Camel | camel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Whale | conj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 Rhino | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Rhino | det |
| 9 | Rhino | Rhino | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Whale | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 Whale | punct |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Leopard | det |
| 12 | Leopard | Leopard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 punished | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 punished | aux:pass |
| 14 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 punished | advmod |
| 15 | punished | punish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 punished | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not punish | present · passive | the Leopard | unlike the Whale and the Camel and the Rhino | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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: How does his change come?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 change | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 change | aux |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 change | nmod:poss |
| 4 | change | change | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | come | come | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 change | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 change | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | present · do-support | come | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent come=Patient |
The options
Option 1
He gets punished by Baviaan
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 punished | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | gets | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 punished | aux:pass |
| 3 | punished | punish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 Baviaan | case |
| 5 | Baviaan | Baviaan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 punished | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | punish | present · passive | Baviaan | He | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He asks for it, to hunt better
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 asks | nsubj |
| 2 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 it | case |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 asks | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 hunt | punct |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 hunt | mark |
| 7 | hunt | hunt | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 asks | parataxis |
| 8 | better | well | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 7 hunt | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | He | for it | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | hunt | to-infinitive | well property | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
The hunter punishes him by pressing his fingers all over his coat until he cries out in pain and sorrow
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 hunter | det |
| 2 | hunter | hunter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 punishes | nsubj |
| 3 | punishes | punish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 punishes | obj |
| 5 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 6 pressing | mark |
| 6 | pressing | press | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 punishes | advcl |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 fingers | nmod:poss |
| 8 | fingers | finger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 pressing | obj |
| 9 | all | all | ADV | _ | 12 coat | advmod |
| 10 | over | over | ADP | _ | 12 coat | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 coat | nmod:poss |
| 12 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pressing | obl |
| 13 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 15 cries | mark |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 cries | nsubj |
| 15 | cries | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 punishes | advcl |
| 16 | out | out | ADP | _ | 15 cries | compound:prt |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 pain | case |
| 18 | pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 cries | obl |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 sorrow | cc |
| 20 | sorrow | sorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 pain | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | punish | present | the hunter | him = he | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ||||
| 2 | press | gerund | the hunter not said here | hunter's fingers | hunter's coat | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Theme | |||
| 3 | cry out speech: express | present | hunter | pain and sorrow | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pain=Location |
Option 4
He is given a new home
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 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 home | det |
| 5 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 home | amod |
| 6 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 given | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | He | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient home=Theme |
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