Test 6 · ★★ · Just So Stories, The Butterfly that Stamped, part 2: the B…
Grace from Wellington: «sweet as, so who's the real hero of this story?» (sweet as = great) What does Kipling hint?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kipling · What happens: be, hint · To what, where: real hero
This is test 6 · ★★ 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
Sentence 1: Grace from Wellington: «sweet as, so who's the real hero of this story?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grace | Grace | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 sweet | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Wellington | case |
| 3 | Wellington | Wellington | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Grace | nmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 sweet | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 sweet | punct |
| 6 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 sweet | fixed |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 hero | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 hero | advmod |
| 10 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 hero | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 hero | cop |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 hero | det |
| 13 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 hero | amod |
| 14 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sweet | conj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 story | case |
| 16 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 17 story | det |
| 17 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 hero | nmod |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 sweet | punct |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 sweet | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | the real hero | of this story | tree rules |
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: (sweet as = great) What does Kipling hint?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 2 sweet | punct |
| 2 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | as | as | ADP | _ | 5 great | case |
| 4 | = | = | SYM | _ | 5 great | punct |
| 5 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 sweet | obl |
| 6 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 2 sweet | punct |
| 7 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 10 hint | obj |
| 8 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 hint | aux |
| 9 | Kipling | Kipling | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 hint | nsubj |
| 10 | hint | hint | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 sweet | ccomp |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 sweet | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hint speech: other | present · do-support | Kipling | vn say-37.7-1-2 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Suleiman, because he was the King and did the magic
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suleiman | Suleiman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 did | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 King | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 King | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 King | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 King | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 King | det |
| 7 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Suleiman | nmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 King | cc |
| 9 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 magic | det |
| 11 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 did | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Suleiman | the King | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | do | past | Suleiman | the magic | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magic=Eventuality |
Option 2
The Butterfly, who stamped his foot and boasted about the Palace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Butterfly | det |
| 2 | Butterfly | Butterfly | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 stamped | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 stamped | punct |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 stamped | nsubj |
| 5 | stamped | stamp | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 foot | nmod:poss |
| 7 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stamped | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 boasted | cc |
| 9 | boasted | boast | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 stamped | conj |
| 10 | about | about | ADP | _ | 12 Palace | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Palace | det |
| 12 | Palace | Palace | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 boasted | obl:agent |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stamp | past | the Butterfly | Butterfly's foot | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent foot=Destination | ||||
| 2 | boast speech: other | participle | the Butterfly not said here | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
The Djinns who lifted the Palace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Djinns | det |
| 2 | Djinns | djinn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 lifted | nsubj |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 lifted | nsubj |
| 4 | lifted | lift | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Palace | det |
| 6 | Palace | Palace | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 lifted | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lift | past | the Djinns | the Palace | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Balkis, who quietly made the plan
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Balkis | Balkis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 made | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 made | punct |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 made | nsubj |
| 4 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 5 made | advmod |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 plan | det |
| 7 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 made | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | Balkis | the plan | quietly property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Product |
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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