Test 16 · ★★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child…

★★★ Read carefully: which of these did the Elephant's Child do on his walk home, BEFORE he reached his families?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★ ★, Child, ★ · What happens: read, do, reach, walk · To what, where: walk, families

This is test 16 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ★	compound
2	★	★	PUNCT	_	1 ★	punct
3	★	★	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Read	nsubj
4	Read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	4 Read	advmod
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 did	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 did	nsubj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 these	case
9	these	this	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	7 which	nmod
10	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 Read	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Elephant	det
12	Elephant	Elephant	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Child	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Elephant	case
14	Child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 do	nsubj
15	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 did	parataxis
16	on	on	ADP	_	18 walk	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 walk	nmod:poss
18	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 do	obl
19	home	home	ADV	_	15 do	advmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 reached	punct
21	BEFORE	before	SCONJ	_	23 reached	mark
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 reached	nsubj
23	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 Read	conj
24	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 families	nmod:poss
25	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 reached	obj
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 Read	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	read	infinitive	★ ★			carefully property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	do	past					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	do	present	the Elephant's Child		Child's walk	home property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	reach	past	★	Child's families			vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent family=Theme
5	walk		Child				nom walk «act transitive»: poss=agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

Spanked a Hippopotamus who was no relation of his

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spanked	spank	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 relation	det
3	Hippopotamus	Hippopotamus	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 relation	nsubj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 relation	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 relation	cop
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 relation	det
7	relation	relation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Spanked	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 his	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 relation	nmod:poss

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spank	participle							vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	Hippopotamus	Hippopotamus's relation					tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Met the Snake and spanked a Hippopotamus who was no relation of his, then went home

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Snake	det
3	Snake	Snake	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Met	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 spanked	cc
5	spanked	spank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Met	conj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 relation	det
7	Hippopotamus	Hippopotamus	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 relation	nsubj
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 relation	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 relation	cop
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 relation	det
11	relation	relation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spanked	ccomp
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 his	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 relation	nmod:poss
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 went	punct
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 went	advmod
16	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Met	conj
17	home	home	ADV	_	16 went	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	meet	past		the Snake			vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snake=Co-Agent
2	spank	past					vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is a	past	Hippopotamus	Hippopotamus's relation			tree rules
4	go	past			then	home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Found his family and said goodbye to the Snake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 family	nmod:poss
3	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Found	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 said	cc
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Found	conj
6	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 Snake	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Snake	det
9	Snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past		his family					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Topic
2	say speech: assert	past		goodbye	the Snake				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent goodbye=Topic to snake=Recipient

Option 4

Hit a crocodile in the river at the bank

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 crocodile	det
3	crocodile	crocodile	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hit	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 river	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 river	det
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hit	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 bank	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bank	det
9	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	imperative	you not said here	a crocodile		the river		at the bank	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent crocodile=Theme in river=Destination

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