Test 11 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 2…

Looking back: which earlier character also boasted and was put in his place, being made «different» in a way he did not like?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: earlier character, character · What happens: look back, boast, put, make, not like · To what, where: place, way

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 91 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 2: Pau Amma loses his shell» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 boasted	punct
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 boasted	obj
5	earlier	early	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 character	amod
6	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 boasted	nsubj
7	also	also	ADV	_	8 boasted	advmod
8	boasted	boast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Looking	parataxis
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 put	cc
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 put	aux:pass
11	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 boasted	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 place	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 place	nmod:poss
14	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 put	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 made	punct
16	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 made	aux:pass
17	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 put	parataxis
18	«	«	PUNCT	_	19 different	punct
19	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 made	xcomp
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 made	punct
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 way	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 way	det
23	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 put	obl
24	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 like	nsubj
25	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 like	aux
26	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	27 like	advmod
27	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 way	acl:relcl
28	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund					vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	boast speech: other	past	earlier character				tree rules
3	put	past · passive	earlier character not said here		character's place	in a way	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in place=Destination
4	make	gerund · passive				different property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»
5	not like	past · do-support	character	a way not said here			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot way=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.

The options

Option 1

The Great Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake of the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Bi	det
2	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Bi	amod
3	Bi	Bi	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Snake	nsubj
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 Coloured	punct
5	Coloured	coloured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Python	amod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 Coloured	punct
7	Python	python	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 Snake	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 Rock	punct
9	Rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 Snake	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 Rock	punct
11	Snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 river	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 river	det
14	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 Snake	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Old Man Kangaroo

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Kangaroo	amod
2	Man	Man	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Kangaroo	flat
3	Kangaroo	Kangaroo	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Old Man Crocodile

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Crocodile	amod
2	Man	Man	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Crocodile	compound
3	Crocodile	Crocodile	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The Elephant's Child's Aunt Ostrich

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 Aunt	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Child	case
6	Aunt	aunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	Ostrich	Ostrich	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Aunt	appos

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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