--- title: Liam, 9: "The Whale ate the sailor and never let him out." Put him r… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 1:… · tree and pragmatics description: Liam, 9: "The Whale ate the sailor and never let him out." Put him right. Test 1 · ★ of lesson 74 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 1: How the Whale got his Throat» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/74-justso-whale-throat/t1/) [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/) / [Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 1:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/74-justso-whale-throat/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 1: How the Whale got hi… Liam, 9: "The Whale ate the sailor and never let him out." Put him right. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Liam, you · **What happens:** eat, not let out, put · **To what, where:** sailor, Whale This is test 1 · ★ 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/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Liam, 9: "The Whale ate the sailor and never let him out." ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t1:1 # text = Liam, 9: "The Whale ate the sailor and never let him out." 1 Liam Liam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Whale whale NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sailor sailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 out out ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** *in a quote* | past | Liam | the sailor | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sailor=Patient | | 2 | **not** **let out** *in a quote* | infinitive | Liam *not said here* | Whale | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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. *Sentence 2:* Put him right. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t1:2 # text = Put him right. 1 Put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 right right ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | | Whale | | | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} He stayed inside ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t1:o1:1 # text = He stayed inside 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 inside inside ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | past | He | | | | | inside *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The sailor walked out on the beach near his home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t1:o2:1 # text = The sailor walked out on the beach near his home 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sailor sailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 near near ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk out** | past | the sailor | | | the beach | | near sailor's home | vn resign-10.11 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, he died ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t1:o3:1 # text = No, he died 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | past | he | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ### Option 4 {#o4} The sailor was eaten and never came out ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t1:o4:1 # text = The sailor was eaten and never came out 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sailor sailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 out out ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past · passive | | the sailor | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **not** **come out** | past | | | | | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=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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