Test 11 · ★★ · Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 3…
Looking back: which earlier tale also ended with the hero getting a useful new body part, though he did not ask for it in that way?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: hero, he · What happens: look back, tale, end, get, not ask · To what, where: useful new body part, way
This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 92 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 3: the Moon pulls the sea, and how tides really work» 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 | 8 ended | advcl |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Looking | advmod |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 tale | punct |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 tale | nsubj |
| 5 | earlier | early | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 tale | amod |
| 6 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Looking | obl |
| 7 | also | also | ADV | _ | 8 ended | advmod |
| 8 | ended | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 hero | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 hero | det |
| 11 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ended | obl |
| 12 | getting | get | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 hero | acl |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 part | det |
| 14 | useful | useful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 part | amod |
| 15 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 part | amod |
| 16 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 part | compound |
| 17 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 getting | obj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 ask | punct |
| 19 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 23 ask | mark |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 ask | nsubj |
| 21 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 ask | aux |
| 22 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 23 ask | advmod |
| 23 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 ended | conj |
| 24 | for | for | ADP | _ | 25 it | case |
| 25 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 ask | obl |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 way | case |
| 27 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 28 way | det |
| 28 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 ask | obl |
| 29 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 ended | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look back | gerund | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||||
| 2 | tale | tree rules | |||||||
| 3 | end | past | with the hero | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector with hero=Subeventuality | |||||
| 4 | get | gerund | the hero not said here | a useful new body part | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer part=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | not ask speech: ask | past · do-support | he | that way | for part | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The Elephant's Child, with his trunk
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 | _ | 8 trunk | punct |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 trunk | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 trunk | nmod:poss |
| 8 | trunk | trunk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Child | appos |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The Sun-Bird, with his feathers, though he had not asked for a new tail
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Bird | det |
| 2 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Bird | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 Bird | punct |
| 4 | Bird | Bird | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 feathers | punct |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 feathers | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 feathers | nmod:poss |
| 8 | feathers | feather | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 Bird | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 asked | punct |
| 10 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 14 asked | mark |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 asked | nsubj |
| 12 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 asked | aux |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 asked | advmod |
| 14 | asked | ask | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 Bird | acl:relcl |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 tail | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 tail | det |
| 17 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 tail | amod |
| 18 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 asked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not ask speech: ask | past · perfect | he | the Sun Bird and his feathers not said here | for a new tail | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bird=Recipient |
Option 3
The Elephant's Child, with his nose
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 | _ | 8 nose | punct |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 nose | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 nose | nmod:poss |
| 8 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Child | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The Elephant's Child, with his long new trunk, which he asked for
The tree, 13 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 | 14 asked | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 trunk | punct |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 trunk | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 trunk | nmod:poss |
| 8 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 trunk | amod |
| 9 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 trunk | amod |
| 10 | trunk | trunk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Child | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 asked | punct |
| 12 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 asked | obj |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 asked | nsubj |
| 14 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 asked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past | the Elephant's Child and Elephant's long new trunk | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Recipient |
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