Test 11 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 1: t…

Looking back: which earlier story also had a Man who left an idle animal alone and made others work «double-time»?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Man, others · What happens: look back, story, have, leave, make, work · To what, where: Man, idle animal, others

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 93 «Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 1: the First Friend and the First Servant» 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 had	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 story	punct
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 story	nsubj
5	earlier	early	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 story	amod
6	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
7	also	also	ADV	_	8 had	advmod
8	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 Man	det
10	Man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 had	obj
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 left	nsubj
12	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 Man	acl:relcl
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 animal	det
14	idle	idle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 animal	amod
15	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 left	obj
16	alone	alone	ADV	_	12 left	advmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 made	cc
18	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 left	conj
19	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 made	obj
20	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 made	xcomp
21	«	«	PUNCT	_	24 time	punct
22	double	double	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 time	amod
23	-	-	PUNCT	_	22 double	punct
24	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 work	obl
25	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 had	punct
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund					vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	story						tree rules
3	have	past		a Man			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient
4	leave	past	a Man	a idle animal		alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme
5	make	past	a Man not said here	others			tree rules
6	work	infinitive	others not said here		time		vn employment-95.3 «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

How the Whale Got His Throat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 Got	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Whale	det
3	Whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Got	nsubj
4	Got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 Throat	nmod:poss
6	Throat	Throat	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Got	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	the Whale	Whale's Throat					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer throat=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The Elephant's Child and How the Camel Got His Great Hump Long Ago

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	9 Got	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Got	cc
6	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	9 Got	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Camel	det
8	Camel	camel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Got	nsubj
9	Got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 Long	nmod:poss
11	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 Long	amod
12	Hump	Hump	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Long	compound
13	Long	Long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Got	obj
14	Ago	ago	ADV	_	9 Got	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	the Elephant's Child	Camel's Great Hump Long				ago property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer long=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

How the Camel Got His Hump

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 Got	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Camel	det
3	Camel	camel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Got	nsubj
4	Got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 Hump	nmod:poss
6	Hump	Hump	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Got	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	the Camel	Camel's Hump					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hump=Stimulus

Option 4

How the Cat Got His Name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 Got	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Cat	det
3	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Got	nsubj
4	Got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 Name	nmod:poss
6	Name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Got	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	the Cat	Cat's Name					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus
2	name		Cat						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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