Test 12 · ★★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 6: The Sing-Song of Old…
The Whale story had "Fifty North and Forty West"; this song has "From Torres Straits to the Leeuwin". What are these?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Whale story, song, these · What happens: have, be · To what, where: Fifty North, Torres Straits
This is test 12 · ★★ 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: The Whale story had "Fifty North and Forty West"; this song has "From Torres Straits to the Leeuwin".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 story | det |
| 2 | Whale | whale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 story | compound |
| 3 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 had | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 North | punct |
| 6 | Fifty | fifty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 North | compound |
| 7 | North | North | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 had | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 Forty | cc |
| 9 | Forty | Forty | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 North | conj |
| 10 | West | West | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Forty | flat |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 North | punct |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 15 has | punct |
| 13 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 song | det |
| 14 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 has | nsubj |
| 15 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 had | conj |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 Straits | punct |
| 17 | From | from | ADP | _ | 19 Straits | case |
| 18 | Torres | Torres | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Straits | compound |
| 19 | Straits | Strait | PROPN | Number=Plur | 15 has | obj |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 Leeuwin | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Leeuwin | det |
| 22 | Leeuwin | Leeuwin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Straits | nmod |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 Straits | punct |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the Whale story | Fifty North and Forty | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent north=Patient | ||||
| 2 | have | present | this song | Torres Straits | to the Leeuwin | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strait=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.
Sentence 2: What are these?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | these | this | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 1 What | nsubj |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | these | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Names of rivers the Kangaroo swam
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 swam | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 rivers | case |
| 3 | rivers | river | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Names | nmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Kangaroo | det |
| 5 | Kangaroo | Kangaroo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 swam | nsubj |
| 6 | swam | swim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swim | past | Names of rivers | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | name | rivers | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2
Names of places the gods created in the Dreamtime for the animals to live in
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 created | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 places | case |
| 3 | places | place | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Names | nmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 gods | det |
| 5 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 places | conj |
| 6 | created | create | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 Dreamtime | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Dreamtime | det |
| 9 | Dreamtime | dreamtime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 created | obl |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 animals | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 animals | det |
| 12 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 created | obl |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 live | mark |
| 14 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 created | advcl |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | create | past | Names of places and the gods | the Dreamtime | for the animals | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for animal=Beneficiary | |||
| 2 | live in | to-infinitive | Names of places and the gods not said here | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | name | places and the gods | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3
Imaginary lands only in the song
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Imaginary | imaginary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 lands | amod |
| 2 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 song | advmod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 song | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 song | det |
| 6 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lands | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Real places you can find in an atlas
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 places | amod |
| 2 | places | place | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 find | nsubj |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 find | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 find | aux |
| 5 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 atlas | case |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 atlas | det |
| 8 | atlas | atlas | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 find | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | can | Real places | a atlas | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent |
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