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

True or false: at the end the Kangaroo is happy with his new shape.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kangaroo · What happens: be · To what, where: end

This is test 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. 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	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 false	cc
3	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 True	conj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 happy	punct
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 end	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 end	det
7	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 happy	obl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Kangaroo	det
9	Kangaroo	Kangaroo	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 happy	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 happy	cop
11	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 True	conj
12	with	with	ADP	_	15 shape	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 shape	nmod:poss
14	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 shape	amod
15	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 happy	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 True	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the Kangaroo				at the end	with Kangaroo's new shape; happy property	tree rules

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

False: he is so delighted with his new legs that he hops all the way home and thanks Nqong

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 delighted	amod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 delighted	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 delighted	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 delighted	cop
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 delighted	advmod
6	delighted	delighted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 legs	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 legs	nmod:poss
9	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 legs	amod
10	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 delighted	obl
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 hops	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 hops	nsubj
13	hops	hop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 delighted	advcl
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 way	det:predet
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 way	det
16	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 hops	obl
17	home	home	ADV	_	16 way	advmod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 thanks	cc
19	thanks	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 hops	conj
20	Nqong	Nqong	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 thanks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	he			with his new legs; delighted property	tree rules
2	hop	present	he	all way			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	thank speech: thank	present	he not said here		Nqong		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nqong=Theme

Option 2

True: he is happy with his new shape because he can jump over every river and hill in the country

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 happy	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 happy	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 happy	cop
5	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 True	conj
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 shape	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 shape	nmod:poss
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 shape	amod
9	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 happy	obl
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 jump	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 jump	nsubj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 jump	aux
13	jump	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 happy	advcl
14	over	over	ADP	_	16 river	case
15	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	16 river	det
16	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 jump	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 hill	cc
18	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 river	conj
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 country	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 country	det
21	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 jump	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he					with his new shape; happy property	tree rules
2	jump	can	he			every river and hill		in the country	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over river=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

False: he moans that his shape and legs are spoiled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 moans	advmod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 moans	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 moans	nsubj
4	moans	moan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 spoiled	mark
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 shape	nmod:poss
7	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 spoiled	nsubj:pass
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 legs	cc
9	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 shape	conj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 spoiled	aux:pass
11	spoiled	spoil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 moans	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	moan	present	he						vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	spoil	present · passive		his shape and legs					tree rules

Option 4

True: he is very happy with his new legs at last

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 happy	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 happy	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 happy	cop
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 happy	advmod
6	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 True	conj
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 legs	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 legs	nmod:poss
9	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 legs	amod
10	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 happy	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 last	case
12	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 True	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he					with his new legs; happy property	tree rules

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