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Test 1 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child…

Ethan says: "The Elephant's Child was a naughty kid who never said please." Put him right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ethan, Child, naughty kid, you · What happens: say, be, not say, put · To what, where: naughty kid, Child · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 79 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child, part 1 (What does the Crocodile have for dinner?)» 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: Ethan says: "The Elephant's Child was a naughty kid who never said please."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ethan	Ethan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 kid	punct
5	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Elephant	det
6	Elephant	Elephant	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Child	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Elephant	case
8	Child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 kid	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 kid	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 kid	det
11	naughty	naughty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 kid	amod
12	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	dep
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 said	nsubj
14	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	15 said	advmod
15	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 kid	parataxis
16	please	please	INTJ	_	15 said	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 kid	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 kid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Ethan						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	past	the Elephant's Child	a naughty kid					tree rules
3	not say speech: assert in a quote	past	a naughty kid						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent please=Topic

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 him 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	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc 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		Child			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He was always most polite, saying "'Scuse me"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 polite	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 polite	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 polite	advmod
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 polite	advmod
5	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 saying	punct
7	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 polite	advcl
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 Scuse	punct
9	'	'	PUNCT	_	10 Scuse	punct
10	Scuse	scuse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 saying	ccomp
11	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 Scuse	obj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 Scuse	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					always, polite property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	gerund	He not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	scuse in a quote	infinitive		me					tree rules

Option 2

He was rude

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 rude	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 rude	cop
3	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					rude property	tree rules

Option 3

He was always rude and never said sorry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 rude	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 rude	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 rude	advmod
4	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 said	cc
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 said	advmod
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 rude	conj
8	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 said	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					always, rude property	tree rules
2	not say speech: apologize	past	He not said here					sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He was very naughty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 naughty	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 naughty	cop
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 naughty	advmod
4	naughty	naughty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					naughty property	tree rules

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