Test 5 · ★★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 6: The Sing-Song of Old…

Tyler, Gen Z: "Kangaroo wanted to be famous and got chased by a dog lmao, be careful what you wish for fr." ("fr" = for real.) Which earlier animal also got a body change he did not like because of his own words?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kangaroo, dog lmao, you, earlier animal, animal · What happens: want, be, chase, wish, get, not like · To what, where: body change · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Tyler, Gen Z: "Kangaroo wanted to be famous and got chased by a dog lmao, be careful what you wish for fr."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tyler	Tyler	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Z	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Z	punct
3	Gen	Gen	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Z	compound
4	Z	z	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 wanted	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 wanted	punct
7	Kangaroo	Kangaroo	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 wanted	nsubj
8	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 Z	parataxis
9	to	to	PART	_	11 famous	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 famous	cop
11	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 wanted	xcomp
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 chased	cc
13	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 chased	aux:pass
14	chased	chase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 wanted	conj
15	by	by	ADP	_	18 lmao	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 lmao	det
17	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 lmao	compound
18	lmao	lmao	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 chased	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 careful	punct
20	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	21 careful	cop
21	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 wanted	conj
22	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	24 wish	obj
23	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	24 wish	nsubj
24	wish	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 careful	ccomp
25	for	for	ADP	_	26 fr	case
26	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 wish	obl
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 Z	punct
28	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 Z	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	want in a quote	past	Kangaroo		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot
2	is not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	Kangaroo not said here	famous property	tree rules
3	chase in a quote	past · passive	a dog lmao		vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
4	is in a quote	infinitive	Kangaroo not said here	careful property	tree rules
5	wish in a quote	present	you	for fr	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme

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: ("fr" = for real.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	7 real	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 fr	punct
3	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 real	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 fr	punct
5	=	=	SYM	_	7 real	punct
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 real	case
7	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 real	punct
9	)	)	PUNCT	_	7 real	punct

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

Sentence 3: Which earlier animal also got a body change he did not like because of his own words?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 animal	det
2	earlier	early	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 animal	amod
3	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	nsubj
4	also	also	ADV	_	5 got	advmod
5	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 change	det
7	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 change	compound
8	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	obj
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 like	nsubj
10	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 like	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 like	advmod
12	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 change	acl:relcl
13	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	17 words	case
14	of	of	ADP	_	13 because	fixed
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 words	nmod:poss
16	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 words	amod
17	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 like	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	get	past	which earlier animal	a body change		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer change=Stimulus
2	not like	past · do-support	animal	a body change not said here	because animal's own words	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot change=Theme
3	word		animal			nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1

The Elephant's Child, who asked too many questions and was pulled by a Crocodile

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 Elephant	det
2	Elephant	Elephant	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Child	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Elephant	case
4	Child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 asked	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 asked	punct
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 asked	nsubj
7	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	too	too	ADV	_	9 many	advmod
9	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 questions	amod
10	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 asked	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 pulled	cc
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 pulled	aux:pass
13	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 asked	conj
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 Crocodile	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 Crocodile	det
16	Crocodile	crocodile	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pulled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	the Elephant's Child	many questions					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient
2	pull	past · passive	a Crocodile						vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The Giraffe, who got his long neck from the tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Giraffe	det
2	Giraffe	Giraffe	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 got	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 got	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 got	nsubj
5	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 neck	nmod:poss
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 neck	amod
8	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 tree	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tree	det
11	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	the Giraffe	Giraffe's long neck		the tree			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent neck=Theme from tree=Source

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The Camel, who said "Humph!" once too often

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Camel	det
2	Camel	camel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Humph	punct
7	Humph	Humph	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 said	obj
8	!	!	PUNCT	_	7 Humph	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Humph	punct
10	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 said	advmod
11	too	too	ADV	_	12 often	advmod
12	often	often	ADV	_	5 said	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the Camel	Humph				often, once property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent humph=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The Zebra, who was painted by the Leopard and then got stripes he did not like at all

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Zebra	det
2	Zebra	Zebra	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 got	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 painted	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 painted	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 painted	aux:pass
6	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 Zebra	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 Leopard	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Leopard	det
9	Leopard	Leopard	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 painted	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 painted	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 got	advmod
12	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	stripes	stripe	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 got	obj
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 like	nsubj
15	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 like	aux
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 like	advmod
17	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 stripes	acl:relcl
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 all	case
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 like	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	paint	past · passive	the Leopard	the Zebra			vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	get	past	the Zebra	stripes		then	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stripe=Stimulus
3	not like	past · do-support	Zebra	stripes not said here	all		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot stripe=Theme

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