--- title: Sophie, Texas: "Y'all, that Whale just turned round three times on h… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 1:… · tree and pragmatics description: Sophie, Texas: "Y'all, that Whale just turned round three times on his tail like a dang dog." When did he do that? 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When did he do that? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sophie · **What happens:** turn round, do · **To what, where:** tail, that This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Sophie, Texas: "Y'all, that Whale just turned round three times on his tail like a dang dog." ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t11:1 # text = Sophie, Texas: "Y'all, that Whale just turned round three times on his tail like a dang dog." 1 Sophie Sophie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 Texas Texas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Y'all y'all PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 Whale whale NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 just just ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 round round ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl:unmarked _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 18 like like ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 dang dang ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn round** *in a quote* | past | Sophie Texas Y'all | | | Whale's tail | time | like a dang dog | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on tail=Trajectory | 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:* When did he do that? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t11:2 # text = When did he do that? 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · do-support | Sophie | that | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} After the hiccoughs stopped at dusk ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t11:o1:1 # text = After the hiccoughs stopped at dusk 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 hiccoughs hiccough NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 dusk dusk NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | past | the hiccoughs | | | | dusk | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} When the Mariner tickled his tongue ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t11:o2:1 # text = When the Mariner tickled his tongue 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Mariner Mariner PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 tickled tickle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tickle** | past | the Mariner | Mariner's tongue | | | | | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} At dawn ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t11:o3:1 # text = At dawn 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 dawn dawn 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} Right after he swallowed the Mariner ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t11:o4:1 # text = Right after he swallowed the Mariner 1 Right right ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 after after SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 swallowed swallow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Mariner Mariner PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swallow** | past | he | the Mariner | | | | right *property* | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mariner=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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