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

Grandma: "The Leopard was so cross, wasn't he, when he got his spots?" Put her right.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Leopard, you · What happens: be, not be, get, put · To what, where: Leopard, spots, her

This is test 4 · ★★ 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: Grandma: "The Leopard was so cross, wasn't he, when he got his spots?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandma	grandma	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 he	vocative
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 cross	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 cross	punct
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Leopard	det
5	Leopard	Leopard	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 cross	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 cross	cop
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 cross	advmod
8	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Grandma	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Grandma	punct
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 he	cop
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 he	advmod
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 got	nsubj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 got	punct
14	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	16 got	advmod
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 got	nsubj
16	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 spots	nmod:poss
18	spots	spot	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 got	obj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 got	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	the Leopard		cross property	tree rules
2	not is a in a quote	past		Leopard	Grandma vocative	tree rules
3	get in a quote	past	Leopard	Leopard's spots		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spot=Stimulus

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.

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	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here		her = she			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal

The options

Option 1

Yes, he was very cross indeed, and he roared at the hunter and the Zebra for the whole long afternoon

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 cross	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cross	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 cross	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cross	cop
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 cross	advmod
6	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	indeed	indeed	ADV	_	6 cross	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 roared	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 roared	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 roared	nsubj
11	roared	roar	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cross	conj
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 hunter	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 hunter	det
14	hunter	hunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 roared	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 Zebra	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Zebra	det
17	Zebra	Zebra	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 hunter	conj
18	for	for	ADP	_	22 afternoon	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 afternoon	det
20	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 afternoon	amod
21	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 afternoon	amod
22	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 roared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					cross, indeed property	tree rules
2	roar	past	he			the hunter and the Zebra	afternoon		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at hunter=Location

Option 2

Yes, he was very sad and the hunter told him off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 sad	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sad	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sad	cop
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 sad	advmod
6	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 told	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hunter	det
9	hunter	hunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 told	nsubj
10	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sad	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 told	iobj
12	off	off	ADP	_	10 told	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					sad property	tree rules
2	tell off speech: assert	past	the hunter		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

No, he was calm and the hunter told him to sleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 calm	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 calm	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 calm	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 calm	cop
5	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 told	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hunter	det
8	hunter	hunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 told	nsubj
9	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 calm	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 told	iobj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 sleep	mark
12	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 told	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	he		calm property	tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	past	the hunter	him = he		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	sleep not said to happen	to-infinitive	the hunter not said here			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, he was excited, and the hunter told him to purr

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 excited	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 excited	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 excited	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 excited	cop
5	excited	excited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 told	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 told	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hunter	det
9	hunter	hunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 told	nsubj
10	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 excited	advcl
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 told	iobj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 purr	mark
13	purr	purr	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 told	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	he		excited property	tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	past	the hunter	him = he		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	purr not said to happen	to-infinitive	the hunter not said here			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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