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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?"

nsubjpunctcompoundconjpunctpunctnsubjauxmarkpunctparataxisadvmodvocativepunctnsubjauxpunctobjadvmodpunctpunctrootMollyPROPN,PUNCTGenPROPNAlphaPROPN:PUNCT"PUNCTCrocodileNOUNwasAUXlikeSCONJ'PUNCTcomeVERBhereADVbestieNOUN,PUNCTIPRON'llAUXwhisperVERB',PUNCTsusNOUNmuchADV?PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MollyMollyPROPNNumber=Sing17 whispernsubj
2,,PUNCT_4 Alphapunct
3GenGenPROPNNumber=Sing4 Alphacompound
4AlphaAlphaPROPNNumber=Sing1 Mollyconj
5::PUNCT_11 comepunct
6""PUNCT_11 comepunct
7CrocodilecrocodileNOUNNumber=Sing11 comensubj
8wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 comeaux
9likelikeSCONJ_11 comemark
10''PUNCT_11 comepunct
11comecomeVERBVerbForm=Inf1 Mollyparataxis
12herehereADVPronType=Dem11 comeadvmod
13bestiebestieNOUNNumber=Sing11 comevocative
14,,PUNCT_1 Mollypunct
15IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs17 whispernsubj
16'llwillAUXVerbForm=Fin17 whisperaux
17whisperwhisperVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
18',',PUNCT_19 suspunct
19sussusNOUNNumber=Sing17 whisperobj
20muchmuchADV_17 whisperadvmod
21??PUNCT_17 whisperpunct
22""PUNCT_17 whisperpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1come in a quotepastCrocodileherebestie vocativevn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2whisper speech: assert in a quotefutureMolly and Gen Alphasusvn 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.)

punctpunctnsubjpunctpunctpunctpunctroot(PUNCT"PUNCTsusNOUN"PUNCT=SYMsuspiciousADJ.PUNCT)PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1((PUNCT_6 suspiciouspunct
2""PUNCT_3 suspunct
3sussusNOUNNumber=Sing6 suspiciousnsubj
4""PUNCT_3 suspunct
5==SYM_6 suspiciouspunct
6suspicioussuspiciousADJDegree=Posrootroot
7..PUNCT_6 suspiciouspunct
8))PUNCT_6 suspiciouspunct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 3: Why should the Elephant's Child have been careful?

advmodauxdetnmod:posscasensubjauxcoppunctrootWhyADVshouldAUXtheDETElephantPROPN'sPARTChildNOUNhaveAUXbeenAUXcarefulADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhywhyADVPronType=Int9 carefuladvmod
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin9 carefulaux
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 Elephantdet
4ElephantElephantPROPNNumber=Sing6 Childnmod:poss
5's'sPART_4 Elephantcase
6ChildchildNOUNNumber=Sing9 carefulnsubj
7havehaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 carefulaux
8beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part9 carefulcop
9carefulcarefulADJDegree=Posrootroot
10??PUNCT_9 carefulpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1isshould · perfectthe Elephant's Childcareful propertytree rules

The options

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

Crocodiles catch animals at the water's edge

nsubjobjcasedetnmod:posscaseoblrootCrocodilesNOUNcatchVERBanimalsNOUNatADPtheDETwaterNOUN'sPARTedgeNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1CrocodilescrocodileNOUNNumber=Plur2 catchnsubj
2catchcatchVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3animalsanimalNOUNNumber=Plur2 catchobj
4atatADP_8 edgecase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 waterdet
6waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing8 edgenmod:poss
7's'sPART_6 watercase
8edgeedgeNOUNNumber=Sing2 catchobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1catchpresentCrocodilesanimalsthe water's edgevn 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

nsubjmarkxcompcaseamodoblrootCrocodilesNOUNlikeVERBtoPARTtalkVERBtoADPyoungADJchildrenNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1CrocodilescrocodileNOUNNumber=Plur2 likensubj
2likelikeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3totoPART_4 talkmark
4talktalkVERBVerbForm=Inf2 likexcomp
5totoADP_7 childrencase
6youngyoungADJDegree=Pos7 childrenamod
7childrenchildNOUNNumber=Plur4 talkobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1likepresentCrocodilesvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2talk not said to happento-infinitiveCrocodiles not said hereto young childrenvn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to child=Co-Agent

Option 3

They are very friendly

nsubjcopadvmodrootTheyPRONareAUXveryADVfriendlyADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs4 friendlynsubj
2arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 friendlycop
3veryveryADV_4 friendlyadvmod
4friendlyfriendlyADJDegree=Posrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentTheyfriendly propertytree rules

Option 4

Crocodiles sleep all day in the hot sun

nsubjdetobl:unmarkedcasedetamodoblrootCrocodilesNOUNsleepVERBallDETdayNOUNinADPtheDEThotADJsunNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1CrocodilescrocodileNOUNNumber=Plur2 sleepnsubj
2sleepsleepVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3allallDETPronType=Tot4 daydet
4daydayNOUNNumber=Sing2 sleepobl:unmarked
5ininADP_8 suncase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 sundet
7hothotADJDegree=Pos8 sunamod
8sunsunNOUNNumber=Sing2 sleepobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1sleeppresentCrocodilesthe hot sundayvn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in sun=Location

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