Test 10 · ★★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 6: The Sing-Song of Old…

In the Camel story a Djinn makes the hump; in this story a god makes the change. What does each one tell the animal about the change?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Djinn, god, one · What happens: make, tell · To what, where: hump, Camel story, change, story, animal · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★★ 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. 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: In the Camel story a Djinn makes the hump; in this story a god makes the change.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 story	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 story	det
3	Camel	camel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 story	compound
4	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 makes	obl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 Djinn	det
6	Djinn	Djinn	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 makes	nsubj
7	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hump	det
9	hump	hump	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 makes	obj
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 makes	punct
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 story	case
12	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 story	det
13	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 makes	obl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 god	det
15	god	god	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 makes	nsubj
16	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 makes	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 change	det
18	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 makes	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 makes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	a Djinn	the hump		the Camel story			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hump=Product
2	make	present	a god	the change		this story			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent change=Product

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 does each one tell the animal about the change?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 tell	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 tell	aux
3	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	4 one	det
4	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tell	nsubj
5	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 animal	det
7	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tell	obj
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 change	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 change	det
10	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tell	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present · do-support	each one		the animal			about the change	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent what=Recipient animal=Topic

The options

Option 1

The Djinn: he may eat three times; Nqong: wait a while

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Djinn	det
2	Djinn	Djinn	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 eat	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 eat	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 eat	nsubj
5	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 eat	aux
6	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 times	nummod
8	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eat	obl:unmarked
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 Nqong	punct
10	Nqong	Nqong	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 eat	obl
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 wait	punct
12	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 eat	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 while	det
14	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wait	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	may	the Djinn	Nqong			time		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wait	infinitive	the Djinn not said here				while		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The Djinn: nothing; Nqong: go home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Djinn	det
2	Djinn	Djinn	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 nothing	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 nothing	punct
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 Nqong	punct
6	Nqong	Nqong	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 nothing	appos
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 go	punct
8	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 nothing	parataxis
9	home	home	ADV	_	8 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	infinitive						home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The Djinn: he will stop eating; Nqong: come back tomorrow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Djinn	det
2	Djinn	Djinn	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 stop	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 stop	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stop	nsubj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 stop	aux
6	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 stop	xcomp
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 Nqong	punct
9	Nqong	Nqong	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 stop	vocative
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 come	punct
11	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 stop	conj
12	back	back	ADV	_	11 come	advmod
13	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 come	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	stop	future	the Djinn		Nqong vocative	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	eat	gerund	the Djinn not said here			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	come back	infinitive	the Djinn not said here	tomorrow		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The Djinn: it lets him work three days without eating; Nqong: come and ask tomorrow

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Djinn	det
2	Djinn	Djinn	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 lets	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 lets	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lets	nsubj
5	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lets	obj
7	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 lets	xcomp
8	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 days	nummod
9	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 work	obj
10	without	without	SCONJ	_	11 eating	mark
11	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 work	advcl
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 come	punct
13	Nqong	Nqong	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 come	nsubj
14	:	:	PUNCT	_	15 come	punct
15	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 lets	parataxis
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 ask	cc
17	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 come	conj
18	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 ask	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	let	present	the Djinn	him = he		tree rules
2	work	infinitive	him = he not said here		day	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	eat	gerund	him = he not said here			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	come	infinitive	Nqong			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	ask speech: ask	infinitive	Nqong not said here		tomorrow	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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