Test 15 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child…

★★★ The Crocodile winked "one eye", then "the other eye". Read carefully: what did he do just after the second wink?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, you · What happens: wink, read, do · To what, where: one eye

This is test 15 · ★ 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: ★★★ The Crocodile winked "one eye", then "the other eye".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 winked	nsubj
2	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
3	★	★	ADP	_	5 Crocodile	case
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Crocodile	det
5	Crocodile	Crocodile	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 ★	nmod
6	winked	wink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 eye	punct
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 eye	nummod
9	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 winked	obj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 eye	punct
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 eye	punct
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 eye	advmod
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 eye	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 eye	det
15	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 eye	amod
16	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 winked	obl
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 eye	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 winked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wink	past	★ ★ the Crocodile	one eye				the other eye obl	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient

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: Read carefully: what did he do just after the second wink?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Read	read	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	1 Read	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 do	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 do	obj
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 do	aux
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 do	nsubj
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Read	conj
8	just	just	ADV	_	12 wink	advmod
9	after	after	ADP	_	12 wink	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wink	det
11	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 wink	amod
12	wink	wink	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 do	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Read	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	imperative	you not said here					carefully property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	do	past · do-support	★				after the second wink		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Lifted half his tail out of the mud and waved it slowly at the Elephant's Child

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	4 tail	det:predet
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 tail	nmod:poss
4	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lifted	obj
5	out	out	ADP	_	8 mud	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 mud	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 mud	det
8	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lifted	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 waved	cc
10	waved	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Lifted	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 waved	obj
12	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	10 waved	advmod
13	at	at	ADP	_	17 Child	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Elephant	det
15	Elephant	Elephant	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Child	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 Elephant	case
17	Child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 waved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	past		his tail		the mud			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tail=Theme out mud=Destination
2	wave	past		tail				at the Elephant's Child; slowly property	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Winked again with one eye

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Winked	wink	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	again	again	ADV	_	1 Winked	advmod
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 eye	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 eye	nummod
5	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Winked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wink	participle					again	with one eye	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Opened his great mouth very wide

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 mouth	nmod:poss
3	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 mouth	amod
4	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Opened	obj
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 wide	advmod
6	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Opened	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	past		his great mouth					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mouth=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Lifted half his tail out of the mud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	4 tail	det:predet
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 tail	nmod:poss
4	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lifted	obj
5	out	out	ADP	_	8 mud	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 mud	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 mud	det
8	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lifted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	past		his tail		the mud			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tail=Theme out mud=Destination

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