Test 2 · ★★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got…

Zayn, London: "Zebra just went 'one, two, three' and dipped, bare jokes." ("dipped" = left quickly, "bare" = very, a lot of.) Where did he hide?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Zebra · What happens: go, dip, leave, hide · To what, where: one, bare jokes

This is test 2 · ★★ 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: Zayn, London: "Zebra just went 'one, two, three' and dipped, bare jokes."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zayn	Zayn	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 London	punct
3	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Zayn	nmod:unmarked
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 went	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 went	punct
6	Zebra	Zebra	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 went	nsubj
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 went	advmod
8	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Zayn	parataxis
9	'	'	PUNCT	_	10 one	punct
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 went	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 two	punct
12	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 one	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 '	punct
14	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 '	nummod
15	'	'	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 one	conj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 dipped	cc
17	dipped	dip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 went	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 jokes	punct
19	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 jokes	amod
20	jokes	joke	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 dipped	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Zayn	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Zayn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go in a quote	past	Zebra	one and three '					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	dip in a quote	past	Zebra not said here	bare jokes					vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

Sentence 2: ("dipped" = left quickly, "bare" = very, a lot of.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 dipped	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 dipped	punct
3	dipped	dip	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 dipped	punct
5	=	=	SYM	_	6 left	punct
6	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 dipped	conj
7	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	6 left	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bare	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 bare	punct
10	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dipped	parataxis
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 bare	punct
12	=	=	SYM	_	16 lot	punct
13	very	very	ADV	_	16 lot	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 very	punct
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 lot	det
16	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dipped	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	16 lot	case
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 dipped	punct
19	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 dipped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dip in a quote	participle						of a lot	vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme of lot=Location
2	leave	participle						quickly property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 3: Where did he hide?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	4 hide	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hide	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hide	nsubj
4	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 hide	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past · do-support	Zebra						vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Beside the waterhole in the long grass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Beside	beside	ADP	_	3 waterhole	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 waterhole	det
3	waterhole	waterhole	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 grass	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 grass	det
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 grass	amod
7	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waterhole	nmod

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

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

Among little thorn-bushes in stripy sunlight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Among	among	ADP	_	5 bushes	case
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bushes	amod
3	thorn	thorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bushes	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 thorn	punct
5	bushes	bush	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 sunlight	case
7	stripy	stripy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sunlight	amod
8	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bushes	nmod

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

Option 3

Hiding in the deep forest among the tall trees where the shadows fall all blotchy and dark at dusk

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 forest	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 forest	det
4	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 forest	amod
5	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hiding	obl
6	among	among	ADP	_	9 trees	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 trees	det
8	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 trees	amod
9	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hiding	obl
10	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	13 fall	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 shadows	det
12	shadows	shadow	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 fall	nsubj
13	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 trees	acl:relcl
14	all	all	ADV	_	15 blotchy	advmod
15	blotchy	blotchy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 fall	advcl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 dark	cc
17	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 blotchy	conj
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 dusk	case
19	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hiding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	gerund				the deep forest	dusk	among the tall trees	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in forest=Location
2	fall	present	the shadows						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Under the tall trees in blotchy shadow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Under	under	ADP	_	4 trees	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 trees	det
3	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 trees	amod
4	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 shadow	case
6	blotchy	blotchy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 shadow	amod
7	shadow	shadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 trees	nmod

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

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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