Test 15 · ★★ · Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 3: «the A…

Real life: Kipling's poem says «none remain» and Tegumai is far behind, looking for his daughter. What sad real event do many readers think of?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: poem, none, Tegumai, many readers · What happens: say, remain, be, look, think of · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 15 · ★★ of lesson 89 «Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 3: «the Alphabet, all complete», and how letters really began» 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: Real life: Kipling's poem says «none remain» and Tegumai is far behind, looking for his daughter.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 life	amod
2	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 says	punct
4	Kipling	Kipling	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 poem	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Kipling	case
6	poem	poem	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 says	nsubj
7	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 life	parataxis
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 remain	punct
9	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	10 remain	nsubj
10	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 says	ccomp
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 remain	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 behind	cc
13	Tegumai	Tegumai	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 behind	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 behind	cop
15	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	16 behind	advmod
16	behind	behind	ADV	_	10 remain	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 looking	punct
18	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 remain	advcl
19	for	for	ADP	_	21 daughter	case
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 daughter	nmod:poss
21	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 looking	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 life	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Kipling's poem		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	remain in a quote	infinitive	none		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present	Tegumai	behind, far property	tree rules
4	look	gerund	none not said here	for Tegumai's daughter	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for daughter=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: What sad real event do many readers think of?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 event	amod
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 event	amod
4	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 think	aux
6	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 readers	amod
7	readers	reader	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 think	nsubj
8	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	acl:relcl
9	of	of	ADP	_	8 think	compound:prt
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think of speech: other	present · do-support	many readers						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Kipling lost a son in the First World War

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kipling	Kipling	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 lost	nsubj
2	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 son	det
4	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lost	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	9 War	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 War	det
7	First	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 War	amod
8	World	World	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 War	compound
9	War	War	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	Kipling	a son		the First World War			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Eventuality

Option 2

Kipling's daughter Josephine died at six, three years before the book came out, and he wrote the poem in grief

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kipling	Kipling	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 daughter	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Kipling	case
3	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 died	nsubj
4	Josephine	Josephine	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 daughter	appos
5	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 six	case
7	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 died	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 six	punct
9	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 years	nummod
10	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 died	obl
11	before	before	SCONJ	_	14 came	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 book	det
13	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 came	nsubj
14	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 died	advcl
15	out	out	ADV	_	14 came	advmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 wrote	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 wrote	cc
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 wrote	nsubj
19	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 died	conj
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 poem	det
21	poem	poem	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 wrote	obj
22	in	in	ADP	_	23 grief	case
23	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 wrote	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	past	Kipling's daughter		six	year		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	come out	past	the book				out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient
3	write	past	book	the poem	grief			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent poem=Theme in grief=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Kipling's daughter Josephine died at six, three years before the book came out

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kipling	Kipling	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 daughter	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Kipling	case
3	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 died	nsubj
4	Josephine	Josephine	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 daughter	appos
5	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 six	case
7	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 died	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 six	punct
9	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 years	nummod
10	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 died	obl
11	before	before	SCONJ	_	14 came	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 book	det
13	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 came	nsubj
14	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 died	advcl
15	out	out	ADV	_	14 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	past	Kipling's daughter			six	year		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	come out	past	the book					out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Kipling's daughter Josephine died at six, three years before the book came out, in the cold winter

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kipling	Kipling	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 daughter	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Kipling	case
3	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 died	nsubj
4	Josephine	Josephine	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 daughter	appos
5	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 six	case
7	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 died	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 six	punct
9	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 years	nummod
10	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 died	obl
11	before	before	SCONJ	_	14 came	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 book	det
13	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 came	nsubj
14	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 died	advcl
15	out	out	ADV	_	14 came	advmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 winter	punct
17	in	in	ADP	_	20 winter	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 winter	det
19	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 winter	amod
20	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 came	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	past	Kipling's daughter			six	year		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	come out	past	the book				winter	out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient

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