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

Sarge, rough: "Stop whinging, you got what you asked for, now shift." What did the Kangaroo really ask for?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sarge, you, Kangaroo · What happens: stop, whing, get, ask · To what, where: shift

This is test 6 · ★★ 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: Sarge, rough: "Stop whinging, you got what you asked for, now shift."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sarge	sarge	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 got	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 rough	punct
3	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Sarge	appos
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 Stop	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Stop	punct
6	Stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Sarge	conj
7	whinging	whing	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 Stop	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Sarge	punct
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 got	nsubj
10	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 got	obj
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 asked	nsubj
13	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 what	acl:relcl
14	for	for	ADP	_	13 asked	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 shift	punct
16	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 shift	advmod
17	shift	shift	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 got	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 shift	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 shift	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	stop in a quote	infinitive	Sarge not said here		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	whing in a quote	gerund	Sarge not said here		tree rules
3	get in a quote	past	Sarge	shift	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus
4	ask speech: ask in a quote	past	you		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 did the Kangaroo really ask for?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 ask	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 ask	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Kangaroo	det
4	Kangaroo	Kangaroo	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 ask	nsubj
5	really	really	ADV	_	6 ask	advmod
6	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	6 ask	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past · do-support	the Kangaroo						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

To have a new shape, a tail, and to be run after by every animal in the bush until he is tired

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 have	mark
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 shape	det
4	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 shape	amod
5	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 have	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 tail	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 tail	det
8	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shape	appos
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 run	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 run	cc
11	to	to	PART	_	13 run	mark
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 run	aux:pass
13	run	run	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 have	conj
14	after	after	ADP	_	17 animal	case
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 animal	case
16	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	17 animal	det
17	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 run	obl:agent
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 bush	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 bush	det
20	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 animal	nmod
21	until	until	SCONJ	_	24 tired	mark
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 tired	nsubj
23	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 tired	cop
24	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 run	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	to-infinitive		a new shape		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Patient
2	run	to-infinitive · passive	every animal in the bush			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present	animal		tired property	tree rules

Option 2

To be different, popular and chased by Dingo for the whole of the day long

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	3 different	mark
2	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	3 different	cop
3	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 popular	punct
5	popular	popular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 different	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 chased	cc
7	chased	chase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 different	conj
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 Dingo	case
9	Dingo	Dingo	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 chased	obl
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 whole	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 whole	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 chased	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 day	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 day	det
15	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 whole	obl
16	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 different	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	is	to-infinitive	different, long property	tree rules
2	be			tree rules
3	chase	participle	by Dingo; for the whole	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by dingo=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To be different, popular and run after by five

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	3 different	mark
2	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	3 different	cop
3	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 popular	punct
5	popular	popular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 different	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 run	cc
7	run	run	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 different	conj
8	after	after	ADP	_	10 five	case
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 five	case
10	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 run	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	when	other	roles by
1	is	to-infinitive		different property	tree rules
2	be				tree rules
3	run	participle	after five		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

To be famous and chased by one dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	3 famous	mark
2	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	3 famous	cop
3	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 chased	cc
5	chased	chase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 famous	conj
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 dog	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 dog	nummod
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	to-infinitive						famous property	tree rules
2	chase	participle						by one dog	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by dog=Trajectory

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