Test 2 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child…
Molly, Gen Alpha: "Crocodile was like 'come here bestie, I'll whisper', sus much?" ("sus" = suspicious.) Why should the Elephant's Child have been careful?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Crocodile, Molly, Child · What happens: come, whisper, be · To what, where: sus
This is test 2 · ★ 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: Molly, Gen Alpha: "Crocodile was like 'come here bestie, I'll whisper', sus much?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Molly | Molly | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 whisper | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Alpha | punct |
| 3 | Gen | Gen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Alpha | compound |
| 4 | Alpha | Alpha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Molly | conj |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 come | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 come | punct |
| 7 | Crocodile | crocodile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 come | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 come | aux |
| 9 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 11 come | mark |
| 10 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 11 come | punct |
| 11 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Molly | parataxis |
| 12 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 come | advmod |
| 13 | bestie | bestie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 come | vocative |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Molly | punct |
| 15 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 whisper | nsubj |
| 16 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 whisper | aux |
| 17 | whisper | whisper | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 18 | ', | ', | PUNCT | _ | 19 sus | punct |
| 19 | sus | sus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 whisper | obj |
| 20 | much | much | ADV | _ | 17 whisper | advmod |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 17 whisper | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 whisper | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come in a quote | past | Crocodile | here | bestie vocative | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | whisper speech: assert in a quote | future | Molly and Gen Alpha | sus | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sus=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: ("sus" = suspicious.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 6 suspicious | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 sus | punct |
| 3 | sus | sus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 suspicious | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 sus | punct |
| 5 | = | = | SYM | _ | 6 suspicious | punct |
| 6 | suspicious | suspicious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 suspicious | punct |
| 8 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 6 suspicious | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: Why should the Elephant's Child have been careful?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 careful | advmod |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 careful | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Elephant | det |
| 4 | Elephant | Elephant | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Child | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Elephant | case |
| 6 | Child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 careful | nsubj |
| 7 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 careful | aux |
| 8 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 careful | cop |
| 9 | careful | careful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 careful | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | should · perfect | the Elephant's Child | careful property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Crocodiles catch animals at the water's edge
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crocodiles | crocodile | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 catch | nsubj |
| 2 | catch | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 catch | obj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 edge | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 water | det |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 edge | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 water | case |
| 8 | edge | edge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 catch | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | present | Crocodiles | animals | the water's edge | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent animal=Theme at edge=Asset |
Option 2
Crocodiles like to talk to young children
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crocodiles | crocodile | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 like | nsubj |
| 2 | like | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 talk | mark |
| 4 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 like | xcomp |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 children | case |
| 6 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 children | amod |
| 7 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 talk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | like | present | Crocodiles | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | talk not said to happen | to-infinitive | Crocodiles not said here | to young children | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to child=Co-Agent |
Option 3
They are very friendly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 friendly | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 friendly | cop |
| 3 | very | very | ADV | _ | 4 friendly | advmod |
| 4 | friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | friendly property | tree rules |
Option 4
Crocodiles sleep all day in the hot sun
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crocodiles | crocodile | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 sleep | nsubj |
| 2 | sleep | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 day | det |
| 4 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sleep | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 sun | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sun | det |
| 7 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 sun | amod |
| 8 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sleep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sleep | present | Crocodiles | the hot sun | day | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in sun=Location |
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