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title: Dad, dead sarcastic: "Oh great, let's all go paddle at Fifty North."… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 1:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dad, dead sarcastic: "Oh great, let's all go paddle at Fifty North." What does the poem say it's like there? Test 10 · ★ 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 ques
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# Test 10 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 1: How the Whale got hi…

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Dad, dead sarcastic: "Oh great, let's all go paddle at Fifty North." What does the poem say it's like there?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** poem, it · **What happens:** let, go, say, be · **To what, where:** 's, paddle, Fifty · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad, dead sarcastic: "Oh great, let's all go paddle at Fifty North."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t10:1
# text = Dad, dead sarcastic: "Oh great, let's all go paddle at Fifty North."
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sarcastic	sarcastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Oh	oh	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	_
8	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
10	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	all	all	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
14	paddle	paddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	obl	_	_
17	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | 's |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme |
| 2 | **go** *in a quote* | present |  | paddle |  | Fifty  North |  | all *property* | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location paddle=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What does the poem say it's like there?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t10:2
# text = What does the poem say it's like there?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	poem	poem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	csubj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | the poem |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Icy, the waves freezing on the deck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t10:o1:1
# text = Icy, the waves freezing on the deck
1	Icy	icy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	freezing	freeze	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	deck	deck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | gerund | the Icy waves *not said here* |  |  | the deck |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Stormy, the ship rolling and everyone seasick, so the Mariner had to paddle his toes in the cold

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t10:o2:1
# text = Stormy, the ship rolling and everyone seasick, so the Mariner had to paddle his toes in the cold
1	Stormy	stormy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	rolling	roll	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	nsubj	_	_
8	seasick	seasick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Mariner	Mariner	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	paddle	paddle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	toes	toe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll** | gerund | the ship |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | past | the Mariner |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **paddle** | to-infinitive | the Mariner *not said here* | Mariner's toes |  | the cold |  |  | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent toe=Patient in cold=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Foggy, the sailors hungry and wet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t10:o3:1
# text = Foggy, the sailors hungry and wet
1	Foggy	foggy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Stormy, the ship rolling and everyone seasick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t10:o4:1
# text = Stormy, the ship rolling and everyone seasick
1	Stormy	stormy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	rolling	roll	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	nsubj	_	_
8	seasick	seasick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll** | gerund | the ship |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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