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title: What was the approximate stature of the child, as remarked by Peters… — The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephan… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the approximate stature of the child, as remarked by Petersen Sahib in reference to a picket-pin? Exam question 4 of lesson 625 «The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 26: Toomai is scolded, then brought before Petersen Sahib» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the d
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# Exam question 4 · The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 26: Toomai…

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What was the approximate stature of the child, as remarked by Petersen Sahib in reference to a picket-pin?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, remark · **To what, where:** approximate stature, picket pin, reference

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 625 «The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 26: Toomai is scolded, then brought before Petersen Sahib» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/625-pg236-part26/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:625-pg236-part26:e4:1
# text = What was the approximate stature of the child, as remarked by Petersen Sahib in reference to a picket-pin?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	approximate	approximate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	stature	stature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	remarked	remark	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Petersen	Petersen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl:agent	_	_
14	Sahib	Sahib	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	flat	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
19	picket	picket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	pin	pin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the approximate stature |  |  |  | of the child | tree rules |
| 2 | **remark** *speech: assert* | participle |  |  | a picket pin | reference |  |  | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V PP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent to pin=Recipient |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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smaller than a picket-pin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:625-pg236-part26:e4:o1:1
# text = smaller than a picket-pin
1	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
2	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	picket	picket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	pin	pin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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about the height of a stool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:625-pg236-part26:e4:o2:1
# text = about the height of a stool
1	about	about	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	height	height	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stool	stool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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smaller than a picket-pin used for the tents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:625-pg236-part26:e4:o3:1
# text = smaller than a picket-pin used for the tents
1	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
2	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	picket	picket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	pin	pin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	tents	tent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle |  | a picket pin *not said here* |  |  |  | for the tents | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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as tall as a tent stake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:625-pg236-part26:e4:o4:1
# text = as tall as a tent stake
1	as	as	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	stake	stake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**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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