Test 9 · ★★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got…
The Camel liked looking at his own reflection in a pool. What was the Leopard proud of at the end?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Camel · What happens: like, look, be
This is test 9 · ★★ 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: The Camel liked looking at his own reflection in a pool.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Camel | det |
| 2 | Camel | camel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 liked | nsubj |
| 3 | liked | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | looking | look | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 liked | xcomp |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 reflection | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 reflection | nmod:poss |
| 7 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 reflection | amod |
| 8 | reflection | reflection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 looking | obl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 pool | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 pool | det |
| 11 | pool | pool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 reflection | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 liked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | like | past | the Camel | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | look not said to happen | gerund | the Camel not said here | at Camel's own reflection in a pool | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at reflection=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: What was the Leopard proud of at the end?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 proud | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 proud | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Leopard | det |
| 4 | Leopard | Leopard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 proud | nsubj |
| 5 | proud | proud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 end | case |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 end | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 end | det |
| 9 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 proud | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 proud | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | of the end | proud property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
His new spots that let him hide anywhere
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 spots | nmod:poss |
| 2 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 spots | amod |
| 3 | spots | spot | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 let | nsubj |
| 5 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 spots | acl:relcl |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 let | obj |
| 7 | hide | hide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 let | xcomp |
| 8 | anywhere | anywhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 7 hide | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | present | His new spots | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hide | infinitive | him = he not said here | anywhere property | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
His stripes that made him look like Zebra
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 stripes | nmod:poss |
| 2 | stripes | stripe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 made | nsubj |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 made | nsubj |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 made | obj |
| 6 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 made | xcomp |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 Zebra | case |
| 8 | Zebra | Zebra | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 look | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | His stripes | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | look | infinitive | him = he not said here | like Zebra | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
His strong legs for running fast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 legs | nmod:poss |
| 2 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 legs | amod |
| 3 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 running | nsubj |
| 4 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 5 running | mark |
| 5 | running | run | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 running | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | gerund | His strong legs | fast property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
His beautiful new blotches that made every hunter in the veldt jealous of him all day long
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 blotches | nmod:poss |
| 2 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 blotches | amod |
| 3 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 blotches | amod |
| 4 | blotches | blotch | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 made | nsubj |
| 6 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 blotches | acl:relcl |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 hunter | det |
| 8 | hunter | hunter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 made | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 veldt | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 veldt | det |
| 11 | veldt | veldt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 made | obl |
| 12 | jealous | jealous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 veldt | amod |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 him | case |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 jealous | obl |
| 15 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 16 day | det |
| 16 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 made | obl:unmarked |
| 17 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 made | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | His beautiful new blotches | every hunter | the veldt | day | long property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hunter=Product |
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