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

Select the response that enumerates correctly the three advantages of the trunk identified by the Python-Rock-Snake.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response · What happens: select, enumerate, identify · To what, where: response, three advantages

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 enumerates	nsubj
5	enumerates	enumerate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 response	acl:relcl
6	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	5 enumerates	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 advantages	det
8	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 advantages	nummod
9	advantages	advantage	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 enumerates	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 trunk	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 trunk	det
12	trunk	trunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 advantages	nmod
13	identified	identify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 advantages	acl
14	by	by	ADP	_	20 Snake	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Snake	det
16	Python	python	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 Rock	compound
17	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 Python	punct
18	Rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 Snake	compound
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 Rock	punct
20	Snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 identified	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	enumerate	present	the response	the three advantages of the trunk	correctly property	tree rules
3	identify	participle		the three advantages of the trunk not said here	by the Rock Snake	vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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

Hitting flies, eating melons, and sitting in the cool mud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hitting	hit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	flies	fly	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hitting	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 eating	punct
4	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Hitting	conj
5	melons	melon	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 eating	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sitting	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sitting	cc
8	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Hitting	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 mud	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 mud	det
11	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 mud	amod
12	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sitting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	hit	gerund	flies		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme fly=Co-Theme
2	eat	gerund	melons		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent melon=Patient
3	sit	gerund		the cool mud	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in mud=Location

Option 2

Killing a fly, plucking and eating grass, making a mud-cap, and carrying the melon rind home

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Killing	kill	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 fly	det
3	fly	fly	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Killing	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 plucking	punct
5	plucking	pluck	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Killing	advcl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 eating	cc
7	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 plucking	conj
8	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 eating	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 making	punct
10	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 plucking	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 cap	det
12	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cap	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 mud	punct
14	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 making	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 carrying	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 carrying	cc
17	carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Killing	advcl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 rind	det
19	melon	melon	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 rind	compound
20	rind	rind	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 carrying	obj
21	home	home	ADV	_	17 carrying	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	kill	gerund	a fly		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fly=Theme
2	pluck	gerund			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent
3	eat	gerund	grass		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient
4	make	gerund	a mud cap		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cap=Product
5	carry	gerund	the melon rind	home property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rind=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Killing a fly, plucking and eating grass, and making a mud-cap

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Killing	kill	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 fly	det
3	fly	fly	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Killing	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 plucking	punct
5	plucking	pluck	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Killing	advcl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 eating	cc
7	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 plucking	conj
8	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 eating	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 making	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 making	cc
11	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Killing	advcl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 cap	det
13	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 cap	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 mud	punct
15	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 making	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	kill	gerund	a fly	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fly=Theme
2	pluck	gerund		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent
3	eat	gerund	grass	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient
4	make	gerund	a mud cap	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cap=Product

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Killing a fly, plucking and eating grass, making a mud-cap, and then spanking the Hippopotamus who was no relation

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Killing	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 plucking	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 fly	det
3	fly	fly	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Killing	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 plucking	punct
5	plucking	pluck	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 eating	cc
7	eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 plucking	conj
8	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 eating	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 making	punct
10	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 plucking	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 cap	det
12	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cap	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 mud	punct
14	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 making	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 spanking	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 spanking	cc
17	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 spanking	advmod
18	spanking	spank	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 plucking	conj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Hippopotamus	det
20	Hippopotamus	Hippopotamus	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 spanking	obj
21	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 relation	nsubj
22	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 relation	cop
23	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	24 relation	det
24	relation	relation	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 spanking	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	kill	gerund		a fly		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fly=Theme
2	pluck	gerund	Killing			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent
3	eat	gerund	Killing not said here	grass		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient
4	make	gerund	Killing not said here	a mud cap		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cap=Product
5	spank	gerund	Killing not said here	the Hippopotamus	then	vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hippopotamus=Patient
6	is a	past		no relation		tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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