Test 15 · ★★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child…

★★★ The poem says the six serving-men rest "from nine till five", "As well as breakfast, lunch, and tea". Trap: why does the poet rest them then?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, poet · What happens: say, rest · To what, where: breakfast, nine, them · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 15 · ★★ 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: ★★★ The poem says the six serving-men rest "from nine till five", "As well as breakfast, lunch, and tea".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
2	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
3	★	★	ADP	_	5 poem	case
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 poem	det
5	poem	poem	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 ★	nmod
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 rest	det
8	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 men	nummod
9	serving	serving	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 men	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 serving	punct
11	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 rest	compound
12	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	ccomp
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 rest	punct
14	from	from	ADP	_	15 nine	case
15	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 says	obl
16	till	till	ADP	_	17 five	case
17	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 nine	nmod
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 nine	punct
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 breakfast	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	24 breakfast	punct
21	As	as	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	24 breakfast	cc
22	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	21 As	fixed
23	as	as	ADP	_	21 As	fixed
24	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 lunch	punct
26	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 breakfast	nmod
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 tea	punct
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 tea	cc
29	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	parataxis
30	"	"	PUNCT	_	29 tea	punct
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	★ ★ the poem	breakfast lunch		nine till five			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

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: Trap: why does the poet rest them then?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 rest	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 rest	advmod
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 rest	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 poet	det
6	poet	poet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rest	nsubj
7	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Trap	conj
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 rest	obj
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 rest	advmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Trap	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rest	present · do-support	the poet	them = they			then		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He is busy then, and they are hungry men, which is why Kipling mentions so many meals in his poem

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 busy	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 busy	cop
3	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 busy	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 men	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 men	cc
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 men	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 men	cop
9	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 men	amod
10	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 busy	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 why	punct
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 why	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 why	cop
14	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	10 men	acl:relcl
15	Kipling	Kipling	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 mentions	nsubj
16	mentions	mention	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 why	advcl:relcl
17	so	so	ADV	_	18 many	advmod
18	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 meals	amod
19	meals	meal	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 mentions	obj
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 poem	case
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 poem	nmod:poss
22	poem	poem	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 mentions	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He			then	busy property	tree rules
2	is a	present	they	hungry men				tree rules
3	is	present	hungry men				why property	tree rules
4	mention speech: other	present	Kipling	many meals	Kipling's poem			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent meal=Topic

Option 2

He is busy then, and they are hungry men, so they eat breakfast, lunch and tea all day long

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 busy	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 busy	cop
3	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 busy	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 men	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 men	cc
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 men	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 men	cop
9	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 men	amod
10	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 busy	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 eat	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	14 eat	advmod
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 eat	nsubj
14	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 busy	conj
15	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 eat	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 lunch	punct
17	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 breakfast	nmod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 tea	cc
19	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 breakfast	conj
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	21 day	det
21	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 eat	obl:unmarked
22	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 busy	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		then	busy, long property	tree rules
2	is a	present	they	hungry men			tree rules
3	eat	present	men = man	breakfast lunch and tea	day		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breakfast=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He is busy then, and they are hungry men

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 busy	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 busy	cop
3	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 busy	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 busy	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 men	cc
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 men	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 men	cop
9	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 men	amod
10	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 busy	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He				then	busy property	tree rules
2	is a	present	they	hungry men					tree rules

Option 4

He thinks the serving-men are very lazy indeed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 men	det
4	serving	serving	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 men	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 serving	punct
6	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 lazy	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 lazy	cop
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 lazy	advmod
9	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thinks	ccomp
10	indeed	indeed	ADV	_	9 lazy	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	He						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the serving men					indeed, lazy property	tree rules

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