--- title: ★ Kipling's Stone Age names describe the person, like Tegumai's «Man… — Kipling's word games: «Best Beloved»,… · tree and pragmatics description: ★ Kipling's Stone Age names describe the person, like Tegumai's «Man-who-does-not-put-his-foot-forward-in-a-hurry». What would a Stone Age name for a boy who is always hungry look like? 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What would a Stone Age name for a boy who is always hungry look like? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Age names, ★, boy · **What happens:** describe, do, not put, name, be, look · **To what, where:** person, foot This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 42 «Kipling's word games: «Best Beloved», the 'Stute Fish, «Humph!» and the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo» of the language 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/language/42-kipling-s-word-games-best-beloved-stute-fish-humph-and-the-great-grey-green-greasy-limpopo/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★ Kipling's Stone Age names describe the person, like Tegumai's «Man-who-does-not-put-his-foot-forward-in-a-hurry». ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:42-kipling-s-word-games-best-beloved-stute-fish-humph-and-the-great-grey-green-greasy-limpopo:t9:1 # text = ★ Kipling's Stone Age names describe the person, like Tegumai's «Man-who-does-not-put-his-foot-forward-in-a-hurry». 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ _ 2 Kipling Kipling PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 4 Stone Stone PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Age Age PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 describe describe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 like like ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 Tegumai Tegumai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 « « PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 forward forward ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 hurry hurry NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 36 » » PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | present | ★'s Age names | the person | | | | like Tegumai's Man | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent person=Theme | | 2 | **do** *in a quote* | present | ★'s Age names *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **put** *in a quote* | infinitive | ★'s Age names *not said here* | Man's foot | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent foot=Goal | | 4 | **name** | | ★ | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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. *Sentence 2:* What would a Stone Age name for a boy who is always hungry look like? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:42-kipling-s-word-games-best-beloved-stute-fish-humph-and-the-great-grey-green-greasy-limpopo:t9:2 # text = What would a Stone Age name for a boy who is always hungry look like? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 Stone Stone PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Age Age PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 13 advmod _ _ 13 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 acl:relcl _ _ 14 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 15 like like ADP IN _ 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a boy | | | | | always, hungry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **look** | infinitive | a boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Hungry Boy Smith ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:42-kipling-s-word-games-best-beloved-stute-fish-humph-and-the-great-grey-green-greasy-limpopo:t9:o1:1 # text = Hungry Boy Smith 1 Hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 Boy Boy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 Smith Smith PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Boy-who-is-always-hungry ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:42-kipling-s-word-games-best-beloved-stute-fish-humph-and-the-great-grey-green-greasy-limpopo:t9:o2:1 # text = Boy-who-is-always-hungry 1 Boy Boy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Boy | | | | | always, hungry *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Mr Always ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:42-kipling-s-word-games-best-beloved-stute-fish-humph-and-the-great-grey-green-greasy-limpopo:t9:o3:1 # text = Mr Always 1 Mr Mr PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 Always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 1 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Boy 3 ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:42-kipling-s-word-games-best-beloved-stute-fish-humph-and-the-great-grey-green-greasy-limpopo:t9:o4:1 # text = Boy 3 1 Boy Boy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 flat _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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