Test 11 · ★★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 6: The Sing-Song of Old…

Mason, Gen Alpha: "Nqong was lowkey trolling the Kangaroo, no cap." ("trolling" = teasing someone on purpose.) Which line shows Nqong teasing?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mason, trolling, line, Nqong · What happens: be, troll, tease, show · To what, where: Kangaroo, someone, purpose · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★ 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: Mason, Gen Alpha: "Nqong was lowkey trolling the Kangaroo, no cap."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mason	Mason	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 lowkey	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Alpha	punct
3	Gen	Gen	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Alpha	compound
4	Alpha	Alpha	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Mason	conj
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 lowkey	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 lowkey	punct
7	Nqong	Nqong	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 lowkey	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 lowkey	cop
9	lowkey	lowkey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	trolling	troll	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 lowkey	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Kangaroo	det
12	Kangaroo	Kangaroo	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 trolling	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 cap	punct
14	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	15 cap	det
15	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 Kangaroo	appos
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 lowkey	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 lowkey	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	Mason and Gen Alpha					lowkey property	tree rules
2	troll in a quote	gerund	Mason and Gen Alpha not said here	the Kangaroo					vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent kangaroo=Location

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: ("trolling" = teasing someone on purpose.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 trolling	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 trolling	punct
3	trolling	trolling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 trolling	punct
5	=	=	SYM	_	6 teasing	punct
6	teasing	tease	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 trolling	acl
7	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 teasing	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 purpose	case
9	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 teasing	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 trolling	punct
11	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 trolling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tease	gerund	trolling not said here	someone		purpose			vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Patient

Sentence 3: Which line shows Nqong teasing?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 line	det
2	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	nsubj
3	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Nqong	Nqong	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 teasing	nsubj
5	teasing	tease	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 shows	ccomp
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	which line						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	tease	gerund	Nqong						vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

"Why aren't you grateful to Yellow-Dog Dingo?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 grateful	punct
2	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 grateful	advmod
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 grateful	cop
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 grateful	advmod
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 grateful	nsubj
6	grateful	grateful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	11 Dingo	case
8	Yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 Dog	amod
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 Yellow	punct
10	Dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 Dingo	compound
11	Dingo	Dingo	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 grateful	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 grateful	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 grateful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is in a quote	present	you		Dog Dingo			grateful property	tree rules

Option 2

"Hush now."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 now	punct
2	Hush	hush	INTJ	_	3 now	discourse
3	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 now	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 now	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

"Nqong, you may hop along the river for me now."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 hop	punct
2	Nqong	Nqong	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 hop	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Nqong	punct
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 hop	nsubj
5	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 hop	aux
6	hop	hop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	along	along	ADP	_	9 river	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 river	det
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hop	obl
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 me	case
11	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 hop	obl
12	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 hop	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 hop	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 hop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hop in a quote	may	Nqong			the river	now	for me	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along river=Trajectory

Option 4

"Are you sure you want to race, Kangaroo?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 sure	punct
2	Are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sure	cop
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 sure	nsubj
4	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 want	nsubj
6	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sure	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 race	mark
8	race	race	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 want	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 Kangaroo	punct
10	Kangaroo	Kangaroo	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 race	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 sure	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 sure	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	you		sure property	tree rules
2	want in a quote	present	you			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	race not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	you not said here	Kangaroo		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kangaroo=Agent

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