Exam question 1 · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child…

Identify the creature which, by knotting itself about the hind legs of the Elephant's Child, secured his release from the Crocodile.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, knot, secure · To what, where: creature, release

This is exam question 1 of lesson 80 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child, part 2 (the tug-of-war and the trunk)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 creature	det
3	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 creature	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 knotting	punct
6	by	by	SCONJ	_	7 knotting	mark
7	knotting	knot	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Identify	advcl
8	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	7 knotting	obj
9	about	about	ADP	_	12 legs	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 legs	det
11	hind	hind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 legs	amod
12	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 knotting	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	17 Child	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Elephant	det
15	Elephant	Elephant	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Child	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 Elephant	case
17	Child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 legs	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 secured	punct
19	secured	secure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 knotting	conj
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 release	nmod:poss
21	release	release	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 secured	obj
22	from	from	ADP	_	24 Crocodile	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 Crocodile	det
24	Crocodile	Crocodile	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 secured	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the creature		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent creature=Theme
2	knot	gerund	you not said here	creature	about the hind legs of the Elephant's Child	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Patient
3	secure	past	you not said here	Child's release	from the Crocodile	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent release=Theme from crocodile=Source

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Snake	det
2	Bi	bi	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 Snake	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 Bi	punct
4	Coloured	coloured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 Snake	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 Python	punct
6	Python	python	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Rock	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 Python	punct
8	Rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Snake	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 Rock	punct
10	Snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 2

The Hippopotamus of the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Hippopotamus	det
2	Hippopotamus	Hippopotamus	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 river	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 river	det
5	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Hippopotamus	nmod

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

Option 3

The Hippopotamus who was no relation of his, and who lived down river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Hippopotamus	det
2	Hippopotamus	Hippopotamus	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 lived	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 relation	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 relation	cop
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 relation	det
6	relation	relation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Hippopotamus	acl:relcl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 his	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 relation	nmod:poss
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 lived	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 lived	cc
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 lived	nsubj
12	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	down	down	ADP	_	12 lived	compound:prt
14	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lived	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the Hippopotamus	Hippopotamus's relation					tree rules
2	live down	past	the Hippopotamus	river					vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme river=Location

Option 4

The Kolokolo Bird

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Bird	det
2	Kolokolo	Kolokolo	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Bird	compound
3	Bird	Bird	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

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