--- title: Which animal is described in the passage as a "Pachydermatous Anachr… — Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Which animal is described in the passage as a "Pachydermatous Anachronism"? Exam question 1 of lesson 631 «Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 32: animals quarrel in the dark about fear until a little dog stops the elephant» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/631-pg236-part32/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/631-pg236-part32/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 32: animals quar… Which animal is described in the passage as a "Pachydermatous Anachronism"? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** describe · **To what, where:** animal, passage This is exam question 1 of lesson 631 «Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 32: animals quarrel in the dark about fear until a little dog stops the elephant» 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/631-pg236-part32/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:631-pg236-part32:e1:1 # text = Which animal is described in the passage as a "Pachydermatous Anachronism"? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 described describe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 as as ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Pachydermatous Pachydermatous PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 Anachronism Anachronism PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | present · passive | | which animal | | the passage as a Pachydermatous Anachronism | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme | 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 {#o1} the mule Billy who is a donkey's son ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:631-pg236-part32:e1:o1:1 # text = the mule Billy who is a donkey's son 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mule mule NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 Billy Billy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 donkey donkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Billy | a donkey's son | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Billy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:631-pg236-part32:e1:o2:1 # text = Billy 1 Billy Billy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the captain ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:631-pg236-part32:e1:o3:1 # text = the captain 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Two Tails ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:631-pg236-part32:e1:o4:1 # text = Two Tails 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 Tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` 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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