Test 3 · ★ · Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 2:…

«Platoffs with their Platoons, and Dolmans with their Detachments.» Why does Kipling list such names?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dolmans, Kipling · What happens: detach, list · To what, where: such names

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 85 «Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 2: the picture goes wrong and the whole Tribe comes» 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: «Platoffs with their Platoons, and Dolmans with their Detachments.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Platoffs	punct
2	Platoffs	platoff	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 Platoons	case
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 Platoons	nmod:poss
5	Platoons	platoon	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 Platoffs	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Dolmans	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 Dolmans	cc
8	Dolmans	Dolman	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 Platoffs	conj
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 Detachments	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 Detachments	nmod:poss
11	Detachments	detachment	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 Dolmans	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 Platoffs	punct
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Platoffs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	detach in a quote		Dolmans = dolman						nom detachment «feeling transitive»: poss=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: Why does Kipling list such names?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 list	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 list	aux
3	Kipling	Kipling	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 list	nsubj
4	list	list	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 names	amod
6	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 list	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 list	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	list	present · do-support	Kipling	such names					tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

For the fun of grand-sounding words, as he says himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	3 fun	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fun	det
3	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 says	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 words	case
5	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 words	amod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 grand	punct
7	sounding	sound	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 words	amod
8	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fun	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 says	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 says	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 says	nsubj
12	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	12 says	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sound	gerund							vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	present	he	himself = he				for the fun of grand sounding words	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent himself=Topic

Option 2

For the fun of grand-sounding words, which he says himself was the only reason for the list

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	3 fun	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fun	det
3	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 says	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 words	case
5	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 words	amod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 grand	punct
7	sounding	sound	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 words	amod
8	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fun	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 says	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 says	obj
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 says	nsubj
12	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	17 reason	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 reason	cop
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 reason	det
16	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 reason	amod
17	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 says	ccomp
18	for	for	ADP	_	20 list	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 list	det
20	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 reason	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	sound	gerund				vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	present	he		for the fun of grand sounding words	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent which=Topic
3	is a	past	himself = he	the only reason	for the list	tree rules

Option 3

Because he wanted the reader to understand every single name in the army of the Chief

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 wanted	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reader	det
5	reader	reader	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 understand	mark
7	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wanted	xcomp
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 name	det
9	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 name	amod
10	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 understand	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 army	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 army	det
13	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 understand	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 Chief	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Chief	det
16	Chief	Chief	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 army	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he	the reader					tree rules
2	understand not said to happen	to-infinitive	the reader not said here	every single name		the army of the Chief			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus

Option 4

To show that the Tribe has many fighting groups

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 show	mark
2	show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 has	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Tribe	det
5	Tribe	Tribe	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 has	nsubj
6	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 show	ccomp
7	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 groups	amod
8	fighting	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 groups	amod
9	groups	group	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	show	to-infinitive			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	present	the Tribe	many fighting groups	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent group=Patient
3	fight	gerund			vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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