Test 14 · ★★ · Just So Stories, The Butterfly that Stamped, part 2: the B…

Looking back over the book: what do the Armadillo, the Crab and the Butterfly stories have in common?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Armadillo · What happens: look back, have · To what, where: common

This is test 14 · ★★ of lesson 97 «Just So Stories, The Butterfly that Stamped, part 2: the Butterfly stamps, Balkis is wise, and the book ends» 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	18 have	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	over	over	ADP	_	5 book	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 book	det
5	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 Armadillo	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 Armadillo	nsubj
8	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 Armadillo	aux
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Armadillo	det
10	Armadillo	Armadillo	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 have	nsubj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Crab	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Crab	det
13	Crab	Crab	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Armadillo	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 stories	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 stories	det
16	Butterfly	butterfly	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 stories	compound
17	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 Armadillo	conj
18	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 common	case
20	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 have	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	18 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	the Armadillo and the Crab and the Butterfly stories not said here					over the book	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent over book=Theme
2	have	present	the Armadillo and the Crab and the Butterfly stories			common			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: 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

They are all told in verse, with animals speaking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 told	aux:pass
3	all	all	ADV	_	4 told	advmod
4	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 verse	case
6	verse	verse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 animals	punct
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 animals	case
9	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 told	iobj
10	speaking	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 animals	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present · passive		They	animals	verse		all property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient animal=Topic
2	speak speech: other	gerund	animals not said here						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A proud creature is put in its place, or a clever one wins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 creature	det
2	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 creature	amod
3	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 put	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 put	aux:pass
5	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 place	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 place	nmod:poss
8	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 put	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 wins	punct
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 wins	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 one	det
12	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 one	amod
13	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wins	nsubj
14	wins	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 put	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	present · passive		a proud creature		creature's place			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in place=Destination
2	win	present	a clever one						vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Every one of them is set in the far East, long ago, with monsters

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 one	det
2	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 set	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 them	case
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 one	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 set	aux:pass
6	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 East	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 East	det
9	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 East	amod
10	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 set	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 ago	punct
12	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 ago	advmod
13	ago	ago	ADV	_	6 set	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 monsters	punct
15	with	with	ADP	_	16 monsters	case
16	monsters	monster	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 set	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	present · passive		every one of them		the far East		with monsters; ago property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in east=Destination

Option 4

Each has a grumpy hero who learns a lesson about being kind to others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hero	det
4	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hero	amod
5	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 learns	nsubj
7	learns	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hero	acl:relcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 lesson	det
9	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 learns	obj
10	about	about	SCONJ	_	12 kind	mark
11	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 kind	cop
12	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 learns	advcl
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 others	case
14	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 kind	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	present	Each	a grumpy hero		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hero=Patient
2	learn	present	a grumpy hero	a lesson		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lesson=Topic
3	is	gerund	a grumpy hero not said here		to others; kind property	tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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