Exam question 4 · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child…
State, in accordance with established zoology, the anatomical composition of the trunk of an elephant.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: establish
This is exam question 4 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 | State | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 accordance | punct |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 accordance | case |
| 4 | accordance | accordance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 State | appos |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 zoology | case |
| 6 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 zoology | amod |
| 7 | zoology | zoology | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 accordance | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 composition | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 composition | det |
| 10 | anatomical | anatomical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 composition | amod |
| 11 | composition | composition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 zoology | appos |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 trunk | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 trunk | det |
| 14 | trunk | trunk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 composition | nmod |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 elephant | case |
| 16 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 elephant | det |
| 17 | elephant | elephant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 trunk | nmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 State | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | establish | participle | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
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 nose and upper lip, united, with a hard bone running down the middle of the whole trunk and tusks
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 nose | det |
| 2 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 lip | cc |
| 4 | upper | upper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 lip | amod |
| 5 | lip | lip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 nose | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 united | punct |
| 7 | united | united | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 nose | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 bone | punct |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 bone | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 bone | det |
| 11 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 bone | amod |
| 12 | bone | bone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 nose | conj |
| 13 | running | run | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 bone | acl |
| 14 | down | down | ADP | _ | 16 middle | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 middle | det |
| 16 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 running | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 trunk | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 trunk | det |
| 19 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 trunk | amod |
| 20 | trunk | trunk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 middle | nmod |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 tusks | cc |
| 22 | tusks | tusk | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 trunk | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run down | gerund | a hard bone not said here | the middle of the whole trunk and tusks | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme middle=Trajectory |
Option 2
Fused nose and lip with some cartilage inside
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fused | fuse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 nose | amod |
| 2 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 lip | cc |
| 4 | lip | lip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 nose | conj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 cartilage | case |
| 6 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 cartilage | det |
| 7 | cartilage | cartilage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 nose | nmod |
| 8 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 7 cartilage | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fuse | participle | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
The nose and upper lip, united and devoid of bone, with thick skin and many layers of fat beneath it
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 nose | det |
| 2 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 united | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 lip | cc |
| 4 | upper | upper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 lip | amod |
| 5 | lip | lip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 nose | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 united | punct |
| 7 | united | united | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 devoid | cc |
| 9 | devoid | devoid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 united | conj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 bone | case |
| 11 | bone | bone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 devoid | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 skin | punct |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 skin | case |
| 14 | thick | thick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 skin | amod |
| 15 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 united | conj |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 layers | cc |
| 17 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 layers | amod |
| 18 | layers | layer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 skin | conj |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 fat | case |
| 20 | fat | fat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 layers | nmod |
| 21 | beneath | beneath | ADP | _ | 22 it | case |
| 22 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 skin | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The nose and upper lip, united and devoid of bone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 nose | det |
| 2 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 united | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 lip | cc |
| 4 | upper | upper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 lip | amod |
| 5 | lip | lip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 nose | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 united | punct |
| 7 | united | united | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 devoid | cc |
| 9 | devoid | devoid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 united | conj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 bone | case |
| 11 | bone | bone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 united | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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