--- title: Dylan, Kiwi: "Yeah nah, the Whale's not the bad guy, he was just hun… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 1:… · tree and pragmatics description: Dylan, Kiwi: "Yeah nah, the Whale's not the bad guy, he was just hungry, eh." ("yeah nah" = no.) What did the Whale do that was greedy? 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What did the Whale do that was greedy? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Dylan, Whale, nah · **What happens:** not be, be, do · **To what, where:** bad guy, Whale This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 74 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 1: How the Whale got his Throat» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/74-justso-whale-throat/#t13). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Dylan, Kiwi: "Yeah nah, the Whale's not the bad guy, he was just hungry, eh." ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t13:1 # text = Dylan, Kiwi: "Yeah nah, the Whale's not the bad guy, he was just hungry, eh." 1 Dylan Dylan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 Kiwi Kiwi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ _ 7 nah nah INTJ UH _ 15 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Whale whale NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 guy guy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 just just ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 eh eh INTJ UH _ 20 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 23 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | Dylan and Kiwi | the bad guy | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Whale | | | | | hungry *property* | 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:* ("yeah nah" = no.) What did the Whale do that was greedy? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t13:2 # text = ("yeah nah" = no.) What did the Whale do that was greedy? 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ 4 nah nah NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 6 = = SYM SYM _ 7 punct _ _ 7 no. no. NOUN NN Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 7 punct _ _ 9 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 nsubj _ _ 10 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Whale whale NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 14 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 greedy greedy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | nah | the Whale | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whale=Eventuality | | 2 | **is** | present · do-support | nah | | | | | greedy *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Ate every fish in the sea but one ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t13:o1:1 # text = Ate every fish in the sea but one 1 Ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ _ 3 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past | | every fish | | the sea | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Ate every crab but one ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t13:o2:1 # text = Ate every crab but one 1 Ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ _ 3 crab crab NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 but but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past | | every crab | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crab=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Swallowed the Mariner and his raft ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t13:o3:1 # text = Swallowed the Mariner and his raft 1 Swallowed swallow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Mariner Mariner PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 raft raft NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swallow** | past | | the Mariner and his raft | | | | | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mariner=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Ate every fish in the sea but one, then swallowed the Mariner and all of his clothes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t13:o4:1 # text = Ate every fish in the sea but one, then swallowed the Mariner and all of his clothes 1 Ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ _ 3 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 11 swallowed swallow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Mariner Mariner PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 conj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 15 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past | | every fish | | the sea | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient | | 2 | **swallow** | past | | the Mariner | | | then | | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mariner=Patient | **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. 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