Exam question 4 · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 6: The Sing-Song of Old…

State, in accordance with established zoology, the classification of the kangaroo.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: establish, classify · To what, where: kangaroo

This is exam question 4 of lesson 81 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 6: The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 accordance	punct
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 accordance	case
4	accordance	accordance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	appos
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 zoology	case
6	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 zoology	amod
7	zoology	zoology	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accordance	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 classification	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 classification	det
10	classification	classification	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 zoology	appos
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 kangaroo	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 kangaroo	det
13	kangaroo	kangaroo	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 classification	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
2	classify			the kangaroo					nom classification «act transitive»: of=patient

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 · ← Mova's choice

A reptile, laying its eggs in the sand dunes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 reptile	det
2	reptile	reptile	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 laying	punct
4	laying	lay	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 reptile	acl
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 eggs	nmod:poss
6	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 laying	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 dunes	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dunes	det
9	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dunes	compound
10	dunes	dune	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 laying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lay	gerund	a reptile not said here	reptile's eggs		the sand dunes			vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent egg=Theme in dune=Destination

Option 2

A placental mammal with a long pouch and a tail that carries the young around on its back

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 mammal	det
2	placental	placental	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mammal	compound
3	mammal	mammal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 pouch	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pouch	det
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pouch	amod
7	pouch	pouch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mammal	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 tail	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 tail	det
10	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pouch	conj
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 carries	nsubj
12	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 mammal	acl:relcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 around	det
14	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 around	amod
15	around	around	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 carries	obj
16	on	on	ADP	_	18 back	case
17	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 back	nmod:poss
18	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 carries	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present	a placental mammal with a long pouch and a tail	the young around		around's back			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent around=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A marsupial, bearing its young in a pouch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 marsupial	det
2	marsupial	marsupial	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 bearing	punct
4	bearing	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 marsupial	acl
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 young	nmod:poss
6	young	young	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bearing	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 pouch	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pouch	det
9	pouch	pouch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bearing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	gerund	a marsupial not said here	marsupial's young		a pouch			vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent young=Patient

Option 4

A marsupial that feeds on grass and eucalyptus leaves and hops across the plains

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 marsupial	det
2	marsupial	marsupial	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hops	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 feeds	nsubj
4	feeds	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 marsupial	acl:relcl
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 grass	case
6	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feeds	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 leaves	cc
8	eucalyptus	eucalyptus	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 leaves	compound
9	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 grass	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 feeds	cc
11	hops	hop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	across	across	ADP	_	14 plains	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 plains	det
14	plains	plain	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 hops	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	present	a marsupial					on grass and eucalyptus leaves	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on grass=Patient
2	hop	present	a marsupial			the plains			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across plain=Trajectory

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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