Test 7 · ★★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child…

Grandpa, Yorkshire: "Uncle Baboon said it were right ugly, and then got chucked int' hornets' nest, serves 'im right, eh?" What do we think about the Elephant's Child hitting back?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Uncle, it, we, Child · What happens: say, be, chuck, think, hit back · To what, where: int · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★ 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: Grandpa, Yorkshire: "Uncle Baboon said it were right ugly, and then got chucked int' hornets' nest, serves 'im right, eh?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandpa	grandpa	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 Yorkshire	punct
3	Yorkshire	Yorkshire	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Grandpa	appos
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 said	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 said	punct
6	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 said	nsubj
7	Baboon	Baboon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Uncle	flat
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Grandpa	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 ugly	nsubj
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 ugly	cop
11	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 ugly	amod
12	ugly	ugly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 said	ccomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 chucked	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 chucked	cc
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 chucked	advmod
16	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 chucked	aux:pass
17	chucked	chuck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 said	ccomp
18	int	int	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 chucked	obj
19	'	'	PUNCT	_	22 nest	punct
20	hornets	hornet	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 nest	nmod:poss
21	'	's	PART	_	20 hornets	case
22	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 int	conj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 serves	punct
24	serves	serve	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 int	appos
25	'	'	PUNCT	_	27 right	punct
26	im	im	ADV	_	27 right	advmod
27	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 serves	amod
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 eh	punct
29	eh	eh	INTJ	_	17 chucked	discourse
30	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 chucked	punct
31	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Grandpa	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: ask in a quote	past	Uncle				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is in a quote	past	it			ugly property	tree rules
3	chuck in a quote	past · passive		int and hornets's nest	then		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: int=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: What do we think about the Elephant's Child hitting back?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 think	obj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 think	aux
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 think	nsubj
4	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	9 Child	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Elephant	det
7	Elephant	Elephant	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Child	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Elephant	case
9	Child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 think	obl
10	hitting	hit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 Child	acl
11	back	back	ADV	_	10 hitting	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present · do-support	we					about the Elephant's Child	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme
2	hit back	gerund	the Elephant's Child not said here						vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

The Baboon deserved it, so hitting back was fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Baboon	det
2	Baboon	Baboon	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 deserved	nsubj
3	deserved	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 deserved	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 fine	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	10 fine	advmod
7	hitting	hit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 fine	csubj
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 hitting	advmod
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 fine	cop
10	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 deserved	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	deserve	past	the Baboon	it		tree rules
2	hit back	gerund				vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	past	hitting		fine property	tree rules

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

It's a silly joke, but hitting back is not a good way

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 joke	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 joke	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 joke	det
4	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 joke	amod
5	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 way	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 way	cc
8	hitting	hit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 way	csubj
9	back	back	ADV	_	8 hitting	advmod
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 way	cop
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 way	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 way	det
13	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 way	amod
14	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 joke	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a silly joke but a good way	tree rules
2	hit back	gerund			vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not is a	present	hitting	a good way	tree rules

Option 3

It's a silly joke, and hitting back was right because the Baboon had been very rude to him all along

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 joke	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 joke	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 joke	det
4	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 joke	amod
5	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 right	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 right	cc
8	hitting	hit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 right	csubj
9	back	back	ADV	_	8 hitting	advmod
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 right	cop
11	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 joke	parataxis
12	because	because	SCONJ	_	18 rude	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Baboon	det
14	Baboon	Baboon	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 rude	nsubj
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 rude	aux
16	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	18 rude	cop
17	very	very	ADV	_	18 rude	advmod
18	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 right	csubj
19	to	to	ADP	_	20 him	case
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 rude	obl
21	all	all	ADV	_	22 along	advmod
22	along	along	ADV	_	5 joke	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a silly joke		along property	tree rules
2	hit back	gerund					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	past	hitting			right property	tree rules
4	is	past · perfect	the Baboon		him = he	rude property	tree rules

Option 4

It's a silly joke, but hitting back is not a good way, and Uncle Baboon should have said sorry first

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 joke	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 joke	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 joke	det
4	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 joke	amod
5	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 way	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 way	cc
8	hitting	hit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 way	csubj
9	back	back	ADV	_	8 hitting	advmod
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 way	cop
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 way	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 way	det
13	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 way	amod
14	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 joke	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 said	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 said	cc
17	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Baboon	compound
18	Baboon	Baboon	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 said	nsubj:pass
19	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 said	aux
20	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	21 said	aux
21	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 joke	parataxis
22	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 said	xcomp
23	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	21 said	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a silly joke but a good way		tree rules
2	hit back	gerund				vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not is a	present	hitting	a good way		tree rules
4	say speech: apologize	should · perfect · passive		Uncle Baboon	first, sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic

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