Test 4 · ★★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child… Lucy, Gen Z: "Elephant's Child really went home and threw hands with his whole fam, chaotic energy." ("threw hands" = started hitting, "fam" = family.) Why did his family stop spanking in the end?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lucy, family · What happens: go, throw, start, hit, stop, spank · To what, where: hands, fam, end
This is test 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. 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: Lucy, Gen Z: "Elephant's Child really went home and threw hands with his whole fam, chaotic energy."
nsubj punct compound appos punct punct nmod:poss case nsubj advmod advmod cc conj obj case nmod:poss amod obl punct amod conj punct punct root Lucy PROPN , PUNCT Gen PROPN Z NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT Elephant PROPN 's PART Child NOUN really ADV went VERB home ADV and CCONJ threw VERB hands NOUN with ADP his PRON whole ADJ fam NOUN , PUNCT chaotic ADJ energy NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lucy Lucy PROPN Number=Sing 11 went nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 4 Z punct 3 Gen Gen PROPN Number=Sing 4 Z compound 4 Z z NOUN Number=Sing 1 Lucy appos 5 : : PUNCT _ 11 went punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 11 went punct 7 Elephant Elephant PROPN Number=Sing 9 Child nmod:poss 8 's 's PART _ 7 Elephant case 9 Child child NOUN Number=Sing 11 went nsubj 10 really really ADV _ 11 went advmod 11 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 12 home home ADV _ 11 went advmod 13 and and CCONJ _ 14 threw cc 14 threw throw VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 went conj 15 hands hand NOUN Number=Plur 14 threw obj 16 with with ADP _ 19 fam case 17 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 19 fam nmod:poss 18 whole whole ADJ Degree=Pos 19 fam amod 19 fam fam NOUN Number=Sing 14 threw obl 20 , , PUNCT _ 22 energy punct 21 chaotic chaotic ADJ Degree=Pos 22 energy amod 22 energy energy NOUN Number=Sing 19 fam conj 23 . . PUNCT _ 11 went punct 24 " " PUNCT _ 11 went punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go in a quote past Lucy home property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 throw in a quote past Lucy not said here hands with Child's whole fam and chaotic energy vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
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: ("threw hands" = started hitting, "fam" = family.)
punct punct obj punct punct conj xcomp punct punct obj punct punct conj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT threw VERB hands NOUN " PUNCT = SYM started VERB hitting VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT fam NOUN " PUNCT = SYM family NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 3 threw punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 threw punct 3 threw throw VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 hands hand NOUN Number=Plur 3 threw obj 5 " " PUNCT _ 3 threw punct 6 = = SYM _ 7 started punct 7 started start VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 threw conj 8 hitting hit VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 started xcomp 9 , , PUNCT _ 11 fam punct 10 " " PUNCT _ 11 fam punct 11 fam fam NOUN Number=Sing 8 hitting obj 12 " " PUNCT _ 11 fam punct 13 = = SYM _ 14 family punct 14 family family NOUN Number=Sing 11 fam conj 15 . . PUNCT _ 3 threw punct 16 ) ) PUNCT _ 3 threw punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 throw in a quote past hands vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme 2 start past vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 3 hit gerund fam and family vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme fam=Co-Theme
Sentence 3: Why did his family stop spanking in the end?
advmod aux nmod:poss nsubj xcomp case det obl punct root Why ADV did AUX his PRON family NOUN stop VERB spanking VERB in ADP the DET end NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Int 5 stop advmod 2 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 stop aux 3 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 family nmod:poss 4 family family NOUN Number=Sing 5 stop nsubj 5 stop stop VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 spanking spank VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 stop xcomp 7 in in ADP _ 9 end case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 end det 9 end end NOUN Number=Sing 6 spanking obl 10 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 stop punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stop past · do-support Child's family vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality 2 spank gerund Child's family not said here in the end vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in end=Location
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Everyone got spanked by the Snake
nsubj aux:pass case det obl root Everyone PRON got AUX spanked VERB by ADP the DET Snake NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 3 spanked nsubj 2 got get AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 spanked aux:pass 3 spanked spank VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 by by ADP _ 6 Snake case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 Snake det 6 Snake snake NOUN Number=Sing 3 spanked obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 spank past · passive the Snake Everyone vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
Option 2 They all got sticks
nsubj det obj root They PRON all DET got VERB sticks NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 got nsubj 2 all all DET PronType=Tot 1 They det 3 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 sticks stick NOUN Number=Plur 3 got obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get past They sticks vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stick=Stimulus
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Everyone got a trunk from the Crocodile
nsubj det obj case det obl root Everyone PRON got VERB a DET trunk NOUN from ADP the DET Crocodile PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 2 got nsubj 2 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 trunk det 4 trunk trunk NOUN Number=Sing 2 got obj 5 from from ADP _ 7 Crocodile case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 Crocodile det 7 Crocodile Crocodile PROPN Number=Sing 2 got obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get past Everyone a trunk from the Crocodile vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent trunk=Theme from crocodile=Source
Option 4 The Crocodile got a spanking
det nsubj det obj root The DET Crocodile PROPN got VERB a DET spanking NOUN 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 3 got nsubj 3 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 spanking det 5 spanking spanking NOUN Number=Sing 3 got obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get past the Crocodile a spanking vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spanking=Stimulus
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