Test 3 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child…

What would have happened if the Elephant's Child had not leaned close to hear the whisper?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: happen, not lean, hear · To what, where: Child, whisper

This is test 3 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 happened	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 happened	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 happened	aux
4	happened	happen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 leaned	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Elephant	det
7	Elephant	Elephant	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Child	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Elephant	case
9	Child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 leaned	nsubj:pass
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 leaned	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 leaned	advmod
12	leaned	lean	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 happened	advcl
13	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 leaned	xcomp
14	to	to	PART	_	15 hear	mark
15	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 leaned	advcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 whisper	det
17	whisper	whisper	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hear	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	happen	would · perfect			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not lean a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect · passive	the Elephant's Child	close property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
3	hear	to-infinitive	the whisper		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer whisper=Stimulus

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.

The options

Option 1

He would still have his old short nose

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 have	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 have	aux
3	still	still	ADV	_	4 have	advmod
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 nose	nmod:poss
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 nose	amod
7	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 nose	amod
8	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	would	He	his old short nose			still		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Patient

Option 2

The Python would have taken his bananas away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Python	det
2	Python	python	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 taken	nsubj:pass
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 taken	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 taken	aux
5	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 bananas	nmod:poss
7	bananas	banana	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 taken	obj
8	away	away	ADV	_	5 taken	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take away	would · perfect · passive		the Python				away property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The Crocodile would have eaten the melons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Crocodile	det
2	Crocodile	Crocodile	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 eaten	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 eaten	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 eaten	aux
5	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 melons	det
7	melons	melon	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 eaten	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	would · perfect	the Crocodile	the melons					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent melon=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The Crocodile could not have caught his nose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Crocodile	det
2	Crocodile	Crocodile	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 caught	nsubj:pass
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 caught	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 caught	advmod
5	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 caught	aux
6	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 nose	nmod:poss
8	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 caught	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not catch	could · perfect · passive		the Crocodile					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary nose=Theme

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