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Test 8 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child…

Gen Z cousin: "Elephant's Child really said 'I suppose this is the same thing' after the snake spanked him, he's so unbothered." What "same thing" did he mean?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Child, this, snake · What happens: say, suppose, be, spank, mean · To what, where: same thing, Child · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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: Gen Z cousin: "Elephant's Child really said 'I suppose this is the same thing' after the snake spanked him, he's so unbothered."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gen	gen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Z	compound
2	Z	z	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cousin	compound
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct
6	Elephant	Elephant	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Child	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Elephant	case
8	Child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 said	nsubj
9	really	really	ADV	_	10 said	advmod
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cousin	parataxis
11	'	'	PUNCT	_	13 suppose	punct
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 suppose	nsubj
13	suppose	suppose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 said	ccomp
14	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 thing	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 thing	cop
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 thing	det
17	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 thing	amod
18	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 suppose	ccomp
19	'	'	PUNCT	_	18 thing	punct
20	after	after	SCONJ	_	23 spanked	mark
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 snake	det
22	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 spanked	nsubj
23	spanked	spank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 unbothered	advcl
24	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 spanked	obj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 spanked	punct
26	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 unbothered	nsubj
27	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 unbothered	cop
28	so	so	ADV	_	29 unbothered	advmod
29	unbothered	unbothered	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 suppose	ccomp
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct
31	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 cousin	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	past	Elephant's Child						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	suppose in a quote	present	Elephant's Child = child						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
3	is a in a quote	present	this	the same thing					tree rules
4	spank in a quote	past	the snake	Child					vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
5	is in a quote	present	snake					unbothered property	tree rules

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 "same thing" did he mean?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 mean	obj
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 thing	punct
3	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 thing	amod
4	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	appos
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 thing	punct
6	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 mean	aux
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 mean	nsubj
8	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	past · do-support	snake						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

Eating melons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	melons	melon	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Eating	obj

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Being spanked for his curiosity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 spanked	aux:pass
2	spanked	spank	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 curiosity	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 curiosity	nmod:poss
5	curiosity	curiosity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spanked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spank	gerund · passive						for his curiosity	vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Being sent off to the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sent	aux:pass
2	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 sent	compound:prt
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 river	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 river	det
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send off	gerund · passive				the river			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: to river=Destination

Option 4

Being spanked for his curiosity, which he had been doing all of his life since he was very small

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 spanked	aux:pass
2	spanked	spank	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 curiosity	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 curiosity	nmod:poss
5	curiosity	curiosity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spanked	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 doing	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 doing	nsubj
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 doing	nsubj
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 doing	aux
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 doing	aux
11	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 curiosity	acl:relcl
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 doing	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 life	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 life	nmod:poss
15	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 all	nmod
16	since	since	SCONJ	_	20 small	mark
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 small	nsubj
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 small	cop
19	very	very	ADV	_	20 small	advmod
20	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 spanked	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spank	gerund · passive						for his curiosity	vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»
2	do	past · perfect · progressive	his curiosity	all					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Eventuality
3	is	past	he					small property	tree rules

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