Test 9 · ★★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 6: The Sing-Song of Old… Fiona, Scotland: "Yon Dingo's a greetin' wee dug, hingin' oot his tongue." ("greetin'" = crying, "dug" = dog.) What did Dingo do at five o'clock?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Yon Dingo, Dingo · What happens: be, cry, do · To what, where: wee dug, five o'clock
This is test 9 · ★★ 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: Fiona, Scotland: "Yon Dingo's a greetin' wee dug, hingin' oot his tongue."
punct conj punct punct compound nsubj cop det nmod:poss case compound appos punct appos punct appos nmod:poss nmod punct punct root Fiona PROPN , PUNCT Scotland PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT Yon PROPN Dingo PROPN 's AUX a DET greetin NOUN ' PART wee NOUN dug NOUN , PUNCT hingin NOUN ' PUNCT oot NOUN his PRON tongue NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Fiona Fiona PROPN Number=Sing root root 2 , , PUNCT _ 3 Scotland punct 3 Scotland Scotland PROPN Number=Sing 1 Fiona conj 4 : : PUNCT _ 13 dug punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 13 dug punct 6 Yon Yon PROPN Number=Sing 7 Dingo compound 7 Dingo Dingo PROPN Number=Sing 13 dug nsubj 8 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 dug cop 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 greetin det 10 greetin greetin NOUN Number=Sing 13 dug nmod:poss 11 ' 's PART _ 10 greetin case 12 wee wee NOUN Number=Sing 13 dug compound 13 dug dug NOUN Number=Sing 1 Fiona appos 14 , , PUNCT _ 15 hingin punct 15 hingin hingin NOUN Number=Sing 13 dug appos 16 ' ' PUNCT _ 17 oot punct 17 oot oot NOUN Number=Sing 15 hingin appos 18 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 19 tongue nmod:poss 19 tongue tongue NOUN Number=Sing 17 oot nmod 20 . . PUNCT _ 15 hingin punct 21 " " PUNCT _ 13 dug punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a in a quote present Yon Dingo a greetin's wee dug 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.
Sentence 2: ("greetin'" = crying, "dug" = dog.)
punct punct punct punct punct conj punct punct conj punct punct conj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT greetin NOUN ' PUNCT " PUNCT = SYM crying VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT dug NOUN " PUNCT = SYM dog NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 3 greetin punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 greetin punct 3 greetin greetin NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 ' ' PUNCT _ 3 greetin punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 3 greetin punct 6 = = SYM _ 7 crying punct 7 crying cry VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 greetin conj 8 , , PUNCT _ 10 dug punct 9 " " PUNCT _ 10 dug punct 10 dug dug NOUN Number=Sing 3 greetin conj 11 " " PUNCT _ 10 dug punct 12 = = SYM _ 13 dog punct 13 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 3 greetin conj 14 . . PUNCT _ 3 greetin punct 15 ) ) PUNCT _ 3 greetin punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 cry speech: express gerund vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What did Dingo do at five o'clock?
obj aux nsubj case nummod obl punct root What PRON did AUX Dingo PROPN do VERB at ADP five NUM o'clock NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 do obj 2 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 do aux 3 Dingo Dingo PROPN Number=Sing 4 do nsubj 4 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 at at ADP _ 7 o'clock case 6 five five NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 7 o'clock nummod 7 o'clock o'clock NOUN Number=Sing 4 do obl 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 do punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do past · do-support Dingo five o'clock vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
The options Option 1 · ✓ the right answer Sat down, hung out his tongue and howled
nsubj:pass compound:prt punct compound:prt nmod:poss obj cc conj root Sat VERB down ADP , PUNCT hung VERB out ADP his PRON tongue NOUN and CCONJ howled VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sat sat VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 hung nsubj:pass 2 down down ADP _ 1 Sat compound:prt 3 , , PUNCT _ 4 hung punct 4 hung hang VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 out out ADP _ 4 hung compound:prt 6 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 tongue nmod:poss 7 tongue tongue NOUN Number=Sing 4 hung obj 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 howled cc 9 howled howl VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 hung conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sat down infinitive tree rules 2 hang out participle · passive his tongue vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient tongue=Result 3 howl past vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice Sat down, hung out his tongue
compound:prt punct advcl compound:prt nmod:poss obj root Sat VERB down ADP , PUNCT hung VERB out ADP his PRON tongue NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sat sat VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 down down ADP _ 1 Sat compound:prt 3 , , PUNCT _ 4 hung punct 4 hung hang VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 1 Sat advcl 5 out out ADP _ 4 hung compound:prt 6 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 tongue nmod:poss 7 tongue tongue NOUN Number=Sing 4 hung obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sat down imperative you not said here tree rules 2 hang out participle you not said here his tongue vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Patient
Option 3 Went home
advmod root Went VERB home ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 2 home home ADV _ 1 Went advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go past home property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 Lay down and went to sleep
advmod cc conj mark xcomp root Lay VERB down ADV and CCONJ went VERB to PART sleep VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lay lay VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 down down ADV _ 1 Lay advmod 3 and and CCONJ _ 4 went cc 4 went go VERB Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 1 Lay conj 5 to to PART _ 6 sleep mark 6 sleep sleep VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 went xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 lay down imperative you not said here down property vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 go past you not said here vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 sleep to-infinitive you not said here vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
← previous Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 6:…, test 8next → Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 6:…, test 10↑ back to Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 6: The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/81-justso-old-man-kangaroo/t9/