Test 6 · ★★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got… Josie, Gen Z: "Baviaan's riddle was lowkey genius ngl." ("lowkey" = quietly, "ngl" = not gonna lie.) Why was it so clever?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: riddle, Baviaan, ngl · What happens: be, riddle, not lie · To what, where: lowkey genius ngl
This is test 6 · ★★ 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: Josie, Gen Z: "Baviaan's riddle was lowkey genius ngl."
punct compound appos punct punct nmod:poss case nsubj cop amod compound appos punct punct root Josie PROPN , PUNCT Gen PROPN Z NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT Baviaan PROPN 's PART riddle NOUN was AUX lowkey ADJ genius NOUN ngl NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Josie Josie PROPN Number=Sing root root 2 , , PUNCT _ 4 Z punct 3 Gen Gen PROPN Number=Sing 4 Z compound 4 Z z NOUN Number=Sing 1 Josie appos 5 : : PUNCT _ 13 ngl punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 13 ngl punct 7 Baviaan Baviaan PROPN Number=Sing 9 riddle nmod:poss 8 's 's PART _ 7 Baviaan case 9 riddle riddle NOUN Number=Sing 13 ngl nsubj 10 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 13 ngl cop 11 lowkey lowkey ADJ Degree=Pos 13 ngl amod 12 genius genius NOUN Number=Sing 13 ngl compound 13 ngl ngl NOUN Number=Sing 1 Josie appos 14 . . PUNCT _ 13 ngl punct 15 " " PUNCT _ 13 ngl punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a in a quote past Baviaan's riddle lowkey genius ngl tree rules 2 riddle in a quote Baviaan nom riddle «communication intransitive»: poss=agent
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: ("lowkey" = quietly, "ngl" = not gonna lie.)
punct punct punct punct advmod punct punct appos punct punct advmod dep conj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT lowkey NOUN " PUNCT = SYM quietly ADV , PUNCT " PUNCT ngl NOUN " PUNCT = SYM not PART gonna X lie VERB . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 3 lowkey punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 lowkey punct 3 lowkey lowkey NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 lowkey punct 5 = = SYM _ 6 quietly punct 6 quietly quietly ADV _ 3 lowkey advmod 7 , , PUNCT _ 9 ngl punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 9 ngl punct 9 ngl ngl NOUN Number=Sing 3 lowkey appos 10 " " PUNCT _ 9 ngl punct 11 = = SYM _ 14 lie punct 12 not not PART Polarity=Neg 14 lie advmod 13 gonna gonna X Foreign=Yes 14 lie dep 14 lie lie VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 lowkey conj 15 . . PUNCT _ 3 lowkey punct 16 ) ) PUNCT _ 3 lowkey punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not lie infinitive vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: Why was it so clever?
advmod cop nsubj advmod punct root Why ADV was AUX it PRON so ADV clever ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Int 5 clever advmod 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 clever cop 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 clever nsubj 4 so so ADV _ 5 clever advmod 5 clever clever ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 clever punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past ngl clever property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer "Spots" meant both places and marks on the skin
punct nsubj punct det obj cc conj case det obl root " PUNCT Spots NOUN " PUNCT meant VERB both DET places NOUN and CCONJ marks NOUN on ADP the DET skin NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 2 Spots punct 2 Spots spot NOUN Number=Plur 4 meant nsubj 3 " " PUNCT _ 2 Spots punct 4 meant mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 both both DET PronType=Tot 6 places det 6 places place NOUN Number=Plur 4 meant obj 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 marks cc 8 marks mark NOUN Number=Plur 6 places conj 9 on on ADP _ 11 skin case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 skin det 11 skin skin NOUN Number=Sing 4 meant obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean past Spots both places and marks the skin vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Topic
Option 2 It made the Leopard go to the wrong place
nsubj det obj xcomp case det amod obl root It PRON made VERB the DET Leopard PROPN go VERB to ADP the DET wrong ADJ place NOUN 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 2 made nsubj 2 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 Leopard det 4 Leopard Leopard PROPN Number=Sing 2 made obj 5 go go VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 made xcomp 6 to to ADP _ 9 place case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 place det 8 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 9 place amod 9 place place NOUN Number=Sing 5 go obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make past It the Leopard tree rules 2 go infinitive the Leopard not said here the wrong place vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial_Location
Option 3 Baviaan used a word that the Leopard heard as meaning faraway places, though it really meant something on his own skin
The tree, 21 words nsubj det obj obj det nsubj acl:relcl mark advcl amod obj punct mark nsubj advmod parataxis obj case nmod:poss amod obl root Baviaan PROPN used VERB a DET word NOUN that PRON the DET Leopard PROPN heard VERB as SCONJ meaning VERB faraway ADJ places NOUN , PUNCT though SCONJ it PRON really ADV meant VERB something PRON on ADP his PRON own ADJ skin NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Baviaan Baviaan PROPN Number=Sing 2 used nsubj 2 used use VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 word det 4 word word NOUN Number=Sing 2 used obj 5 that that PRON PronType=Rel 8 heard obj 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 Leopard det 7 Leopard Leopard PROPN Number=Sing 8 heard nsubj 8 heard hear VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 word acl:relcl 9 as as SCONJ _ 10 meaning mark 10 meaning mean VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 8 heard advcl 11 faraway faraway ADJ Degree=Pos 12 places amod 12 places place NOUN Number=Plur 10 meaning obj 13 , , PUNCT _ 17 meant punct 14 though though SCONJ _ 17 meant mark 15 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 17 meant nsubj 16 really really ADV _ 17 meant advmod 17 meant mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 used parataxis 18 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 17 meant obj 19 on on ADP _ 22 skin case 20 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 22 skin nmod:poss 21 own own ADJ Degree=Pos 22 skin amod 22 skin skin NOUN Number=Sing 17 meant obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 use past Baviaan a word vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient 2 hear past the Leopard a word vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus 3 mean gerund the Leopard not said here faraway places vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Topic 4 mean past Leopard something Baviaan's own skin vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic
Option 4 "Spots" meant both stripes and tails
punct nsubj punct det obj cc conj root " PUNCT Spots NOUN " PUNCT meant VERB both DET stripes NOUN and CCONJ tails NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 2 Spots punct 2 Spots spot NOUN Number=Plur 4 meant nsubj 3 " " PUNCT _ 2 Spots punct 4 meant mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 both both DET PronType=Tot 6 stripes det 6 stripes stripe NOUN Number=Plur 4 meant obj 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 tails cc 8 tails tail NOUN Number=Plur 6 stripes conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean past Spots both stripes and tails vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stripe=Topic
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