Test 11 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 1:…
Looking back: Jaguar asks about his food and gets a paw full of prickles. Which earlier character asked what someone had for dinner and got a stretched nose?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jaguar, earlier character, someone · What happens: look back, ask, get, have, stretch · To what, where: paw, stretched nose · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 82 «Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 1: Painted Jaguar and the muddled advice» 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: Looking back: Jaguar asks about his food and gets a paw full of prickles.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 asks | advcl |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Looking | advmod |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 asks | punct |
| 4 | Jaguar | Jaguar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 asks | nsubj |
| 5 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 food | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 food | nmod:poss |
| 8 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 asks | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 gets | cc |
| 10 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 asks | conj |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 paw | det |
| 12 | paw | paw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 gets | obj |
| 13 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 paw | amod |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 prickles | case |
| 15 | prickles | prickle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 full | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look back | gerund | Jaguar not said here | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | present | Jaguar | about Jaguar's food | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about food=Topic | ||||
| 3 | get | present | Jaguar not said here | a paw | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer paw=Stimulus |
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: Which earlier character asked what someone had for dinner and got a stretched nose?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 asked | obj |
| 2 | earlier | early | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 character | amod |
| 3 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 asked | nsubj |
| 4 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 had | obj |
| 6 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 had | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 asked | ccomp |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 dinner | case |
| 9 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 had | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 got | cc |
| 11 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 asked | conj |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 nose | det |
| 13 | stretched | stretch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 nose | amod |
| 14 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 got | obj |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 asked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past | earlier character | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent which=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | have | past | someone | for dinner | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient | ||||
| 3 | get | past | earlier character not said here | a stretched nose | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nose=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | stretch | participle | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
The options
Option 1
The Elephant's Child, asking what the Crocodile eats for dinner, and getting a stretched nose
The tree, 16 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 | 6 asking | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 asking | punct |
| 6 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 10 eats | obj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Crocodile | det |
| 9 | Crocodile | Crocodile | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 eats | nsubj |
| 10 | eats | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 asking | ccomp |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 dinner | case |
| 12 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 eats | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 getting | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 getting | cc |
| 15 | getting | get | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 asking | parataxis |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 nose | det |
| 17 | stretched | stretch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 nose | amod |
| 18 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 getting | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | gerund | the Elephant's Child | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | eat | present | the Crocodile | for dinner | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient | ||||
| 3 | get | gerund | a stretched nose | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nose=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | stretch | participle | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The Elephant's Child, asking about the Crocodile
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 | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 asking | punct |
| 6 | asking | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 Child | acl |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 Crocodile | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Crocodile | det |
| 9 | Crocodile | Crocodile | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 asking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | gerund | the Elephant's Child not said here | about the Crocodile | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about crocodile=Topic |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
The Elephant's Child, who asked the Crocodile what he had for dinner and got a very stretched nose
The tree, 19 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 | root | root |
| 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 | 4 Child | acl:relcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Crocodile | det |
| 9 | Crocodile | Crocodile | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 got | nsubj |
| 10 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 12 had | obj |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 had | nsubj |
| 12 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 got | advcl |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 dinner | case |
| 14 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 had | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 got | cc |
| 16 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 asked | ccomp |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 nose | det |
| 18 | very | very | ADV | _ | 19 stretched | advmod |
| 19 | stretched | stretch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 nose | amod |
| 20 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 got | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past | the Elephant's Child | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | have | past | Crocodile | for dinner | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient | ||||
| 3 | get | past | the Crocodile | a stretched nose | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nose=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | stretch | participle | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
The Ostrich, asking about his breakfast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Ostrich | det |
| 2 | Ostrich | Ostrich | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 asking | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Ostrich | punct |
| 4 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 breakfast | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 breakfast | nmod:poss |
| 7 | breakfast | breakfast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 asking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | gerund | the Ostrich | about Ostrich's breakfast | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about breakfast=Topic |
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