Test 5 · ★★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got…
Aussie uncle: "Leopard and Zebra, sittin' on 'em all arvo? Nah mate, all night." ("arvo" = afternoon.) Till when did they sit on them?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate · What happens: sit
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Aussie uncle: "Leopard and Zebra, sittin' on 'em all arvo?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aussie | aussie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 uncle | compound |
| 2 | uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 Leopard | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 Leopard | punct |
| 5 | Leopard | Leopard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 uncle | appos |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 Zebra | cc |
| 7 | Zebra | Zebra | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Leopard | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 sittin | punct |
| 9 | sittin | sittin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Leopard | appos |
| 10 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 9 sittin | punct |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 'em | case |
| 12 | 'em | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 sittin | nmod |
| 13 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 arvo | det |
| 14 | arvo | arvo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Leopard | nsubj |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 uncle | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Nah mate, all night."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 2 mate | discourse |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 night | punct |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 night | det |
| 5 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 mate | conj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 mate | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 mate | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: ("arvo" = afternoon.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 3 arvo | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 arvo | punct |
| 3 | arvo | arvo | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 arvo | punct |
| 5 | = | = | SYM | _ | 6 afternoon | punct |
| 6 | afternoon | afternoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 arvo | conj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 arvo | punct |
| 8 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 3 arvo | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 4: Till when did they sit on them?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Till | till | SCONJ | _ | 5 sit | mark |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 sit | advmod |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 sit | aux |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sit | nsubj |
| 5 | sit | sit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 them | case |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sit | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 sit | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | past · do-support | mate | on Leopard | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on they=Location |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Till bright morning-time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Till | till | ADP | _ | 5 time | case |
| 2 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 time | amod |
| 3 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 time | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 morning | punct |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Till the sun went down
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Till | till | SCONJ | _ | 4 went | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sun | det |
| 3 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | down | down | ADV | _ | 4 went | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go down | past | the sun | down property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 3
Till the evening came
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Till | till | ADP | _ | 3 evening | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 evening | det |
| 3 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 came | obl |
| 4 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | evening | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
All afternoon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 afternoon | det |
| 2 | afternoon | afternoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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