Test 1 · ★★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child…
Harry says: "The Elephant's Child pulled and the Crocodile let go cos he got bored." Put him right.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Harry, Child, Crocodile, you · What happens: say, pull, let, go, get, put · To what, where: Crocodile · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 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. 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: Harry says: "The Elephant's Child pulled and the Crocodile let go cos he got bored."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry | Harry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 pulled | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 pulled | punct |
| 5 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Elephant | det |
| 6 | Elephant | Elephant | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Child | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Elephant | case |
| 8 | Child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 pulled | nsubj |
| 9 | pulled | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 let | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Crocodile | det |
| 12 | Crocodile | Crocodile | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 let | nsubj |
| 13 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 pulled | conj |
| 14 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 let | xcomp |
| 15 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 17 got | mark |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 got | nsubj |
| 17 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 go | advcl |
| 18 | bored | bored | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 got | xcomp |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 pulled | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 pulled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Harry | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | pull in a quote | past | the Elephant's Child | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | let in a quote | past | the Crocodile | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | go in a quote | infinitive | the Crocodile not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | get in a quote | past | Crocodile | bored property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: 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.
Sentence 2: Put him right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | Crocodile | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |
The options
Option 1
His mother and the Baboon pulled hardest of all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pulled | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 Baboon | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Baboon | det |
| 5 | Baboon | Baboon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 mother | conj |
| 6 | pulled | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | hardest | hard | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 pulled | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 all | case |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 hardest | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | past | His mother and the Baboon | hardest | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hard=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The Elephant's Child and the Snake pulled hardest
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 | 8 pulled | nsubj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 Snake | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Snake | det |
| 7 | Snake | Snake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Child | conj |
| 8 | pulled | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | hardest | hard | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 pulled | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | past | the Elephant's Child and the Snake | hardest | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hard=Theme |
Option 3
The Snake pulled
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Snake | det |
| 2 | Snake | Snake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 pulled | nsubj |
| 3 | pulled | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | past | the Snake | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
The Crocodile and the Snake both pulled hardest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Crocodile | det |
| 2 | Crocodile | Crocodile | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 pulled | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 Snake | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Snake | det |
| 5 | Snake | Snake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Crocodile | conj |
| 6 | both | both | ADV | _ | 7 pulled | advmod |
| 7 | pulled | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | hardest | hard | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 pulled | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | past | the Crocodile and the Snake | hardest | both property | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hard=Theme |
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