Test 7 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child…

The Elephant's Child asks the Python if he has seen a Crocodile. What does the scornful Python answer, after "Have I seen a Crocodile?"

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Child · What happens: ask, see, do · To what, where: Python, Crocodile, scornful Python answer

This is test 7 · ★ 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 Elephant's Child asks the Python if he has seen a Crocodile.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Elephant	det
2	Elephant	Elephant	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Child	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Elephant	case
4	Child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 asks	nsubj
5	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Python	det
7	Python	python	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 asks	obj
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 seen	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 seen	nsubj
10	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 seen	aux
11	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 asks	advcl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 Crocodile	det
13	Crocodile	crocodile	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 seen	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	the Elephant's Child	the Python					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent python=Recipient
2	see a condition, not said to happen	present · perfect	Child	a Crocodile					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer crocodile=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.

Sentence 2: What does the scornful Python answer, after "Have I seen a Crocodile?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 does	nsubj
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 answer	det
4	scornful	scornful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 answer	amod
5	Python	python	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 answer	compound
6	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 seen	punct
8	after	after	SCONJ	_	12 seen	mark
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 seen	punct
10	Have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 seen	aux
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 seen	nsubj
12	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 does	advcl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 Crocodile	det
14	Crocodile	crocodile	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 seen	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 seen	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 seen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		the scornful Python answer					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Eventuality
2	see in a quote	present · perfect	the Elephant's Child = child	a Crocodile					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer crocodile=Stimulus

The options

Option 1

What will you ask me next, you silly little elephant calf with the nose?

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 ask	obj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 ask	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 ask	nsubj
4	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 ask	iobj
6	next	next	ADV	_	4 ask	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 calf	punct
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 calf	nsubj
9	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 calf	amod
10	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 calf	amod
11	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 calf	compound
12	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ask	parataxis
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 nose	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 nose	det
15	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 calf	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	future	you		me			next property	tree rules
2	calf		you					with the nose	tree rules

Option 2

Why would you ask me that?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 ask	advmod
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 ask	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 ask	nsubj
4	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 ask	iobj
6	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 ask	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	would	you	that	me				tree rules

Option 3

What will you ask me next, when you have already been spanked enough for one day?

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 ask	obj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 ask	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 ask	nsubj
4	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 ask	iobj
6	next	next	ADV	_	4 ask	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 spanked	punct
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 spanked	advmod
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 spanked	nsubj
10	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 spanked	aux
11	already	already	ADV	_	13 spanked	advmod
12	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 spanked	aux:pass
13	spanked	spank	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 ask	conj
14	enough	enough	ADV	_	13 spanked	advmod
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 day	case
16	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 day	nummod
17	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 spanked	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	future	you		me			next property	tree rules
2	spank	present · perfect · passive		you			day	enough property	vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

"What will you ask me next?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 ask	punct
2	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 ask	obj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 ask	aux
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 ask	nsubj
5	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 ask	iobj
7	next	next	ADV	_	5 ask	advmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 ask	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask in a quote	future	you		me			next property	tree rules

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