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Test 15 · ★★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got…

★★★ Read carefully: Zebra says "this isn't the High Veldt. Can't you see?" and the Leopard says "I can now ... But I couldn't all yesterday." Why can he see the Zebra now?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★ ★, Zebra, this, you, Leopard · What happens: read, say, not be, not see, see · To what, where: High Veldt, Zebra · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 15 · ★★ 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: ★★★ Read carefully: Zebra says "this isn't the High Veldt.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ★	compound
2	★	★	PUNCT	_	1 ★	punct
3	★	★	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Read	nsubj
4	Read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	4 Read	advmod
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 says	punct
7	Zebra	Zebra	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 says	nsubj
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 Read	advcl
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 Veldt	punct
10	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 Veldt	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 Veldt	cop
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 Veldt	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Veldt	det
14	High	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 Veldt	amod
15	Veldt	Veldt	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 says	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 Read	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	infinitive	★ ★					carefully property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	Zebra						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	not is a in a quote	present	this	the High Veldt					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: Can't you see?" and the Leopard says "I can now ...

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 see	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 see	advmod
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 see	nsubj
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 see	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 see	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 says	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Leopard	det
9	Leopard	Leopard	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 says	nsubj
10	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 see	conj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 can	punct
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 can	nsubj
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 says	ccomp
14	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 can	advmod
15	...	...	PUNCT	_	4 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	can	you						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	say speech: assert in a quote	present	the Leopard						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: But I couldn't all yesterday."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	But	but	CCONJ	_	3 could	cc
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 could	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 all	advmod
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 could	obj
6	yesterday	yesterday	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 all	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 could	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 could	punct

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

Sentence 4: Why can he see the Zebra now?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 see	advmod
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 see	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 see	nsubj
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Zebra	det
6	Zebra	Zebra	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 see	obj
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 see	advmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	can	Leopard	the Zebra			now		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer zebra=Stimulus

The options

Option 1

Because the Zebra moved to the High Veldt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 moved	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Zebra	det
3	Zebra	Zebra	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 moved	nsubj
4	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 Veldt	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Veldt	det
7	High	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Veldt	amod
8	Veldt	Veldt	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 moved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	past	the Zebra					to the High Veldt result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to veldt=Result

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is morning and he is sitting right on him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 morning	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 morning	cop
3	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sitting	cc
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sitting	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 sitting	aux
7	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 morning	acl:relcl
8	right	right	ADV	_	7 sitting	advmod
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sitting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	morning					tree rules
2	sit	present · progressive	he	morning not said here				on him = he; right property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent morning=Theme on he=Location

Option 3

Because the sun rose over the hills and the hunter had given him a special pair of eyes to use in the bright veldt

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 rose	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sun	det
3	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rose	nsubj
4	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 given	advcl
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 hills	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hills	det
7	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 rose	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 given	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hunter	det
10	hunter	hunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 given	nsubj:pass
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 given	aux
12	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 given	iobj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 pair	det
15	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 pair	amod
16	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 given	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 eyes	case
18	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 pair	nmod
19	to	to	PART	_	20 use	mark
20	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 given	advcl
21	in	in	ADP	_	24 veldt	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 veldt	det
23	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 veldt	amod
24	veldt	veldt	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 use	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	past	the sun			the hills			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over hill=Location
2	give	past · perfect · passive		the hunter	sun				tree rules
3	use	to-infinitive				the bright veldt			vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It is night and he is far away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 night	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 night	cop
3	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 away	cc
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 away	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 away	cop
7	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 away	advmod
8	away	away	ADV	_	3 night	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	night					tree rules
2	is	present	he					away, far property	tree rules

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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