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

True or false: the Python-Rock-Snake was only ever nasty to the Elephant's Child.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Python Rock Snake · What happens: be

This is test 5 · ★★ 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	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 false	cc
3	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 True	conj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 nasty	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Snake	det
6	Python	python	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Snake	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 Python	punct
8	Rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Snake	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 Rock	punct
10	Snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 nasty	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 nasty	cop
12	only	only	ADV	_	14 nasty	advmod
13	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	14 nasty	advmod
14	nasty	nasty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 True	conj
15	to	to	ADP	_	19 Child	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Elephant	det
17	Elephant	Elephant	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 Child	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 Elephant	case
19	Child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 nasty	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 True	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the Python Rock Snake				ever	to the Elephant's Child; nasty property	tree rules

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

False: he spanked him once and then saved him, but he also taught the Elephant's Child to swim in the Limpopo river all summer

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 :	amod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 spanked	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 spanked	nsubj
4	spanked	spank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 spanked	obj
6	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 spanked	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 saved	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 saved	advmod
9	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 spanked	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 saved	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 taught	punct
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 taught	cc
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 taught	nsubj
14	also	also	ADV	_	15 taught	advmod
15	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 spanked	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Elephant	det
17	Elephant	Elephant	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 Child	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 Elephant	case
19	Child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 taught	obj
20	to	to	PART	_	21 swim	mark
21	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 taught	ccomp
22	in	in	ADP	_	25 river	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 river	det
24	Limpopo	Limpopo	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 river	compound
25	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 swim	obl
26	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	27 summer	det
27	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spanked	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spank	past	he	him = he			summer	once property	vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	save	past	he not said here	him = he			then		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	teach speech: other	past	he		the Elephant's Child				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent child=Recipient clause=Topic
4	swim	to-infinitive				the Limpopo river			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in river=Trajectory

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

False: he spanked him once but then saved him and taught him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 spanked	advcl
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 spanked	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 spanked	nsubj
4	spanked	spank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 spanked	obj
6	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 spanked	advmod
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 saved	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 saved	advmod
9	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 spanked	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 saved	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 taught	cc
12	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 spanked	conj
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 taught	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	spank	past	he	him = he			once property	vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	save	past	he not said here	him = he		then		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	teach speech: other	past	he not said here		him = he			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 3

True: the Python spanked him many times and never once showed any kindness or taught him anything useful at all

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 spanked	advcl
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 spanked	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Python	det
4	Python	Python	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 spanked	nsubj
5	spanked	spank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 spanked	obj
7	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 times	amod
8	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 spanked	obl:unmarked
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 showed	cc
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 showed	advmod
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	12 showed	advmod
12	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 spanked	conj
13	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	14 kindness	det
14	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 showed	obj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 taught	cc
16	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 spanked	conj
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 taught	obj
18	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	16 taught	obj
19	useful	useful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 anything	amod
20	at	at	ADP	_	21 all	case
21	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	19 useful	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	spank	past	the Python	him = he		time		vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	not show	past	the Python not said here	any kindness			once property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kindness=Recipient
3	teach speech: other	past	the Python not said here	anything	Python			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient anything=Topic

Option 4

True: he spanked him again and again and never helped him at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 spanked	advcl
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 spanked	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 spanked	nsubj
4	spanked	spank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 spanked	obj
6	again	again	ADV	_	4 spanked	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 again	cc
8	again	again	ADV	_	6 again	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 helped	cc
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 helped	advmod
11	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 spanked	conj
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 helped	obj
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 all	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 helped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spank	past	he	him = he			again		vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	not help	past	he not said here		him = he	all			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary

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