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title: ★★★ The Mariner walked out wearing his breeches and took the jack-kn… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 1:… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 15 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 1: How the Whale got hi…

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★★★ The Mariner walked out wearing his breeches and took the jack-knife home. What of his things did he NOT take home?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ · **What happens:** walk out, wear, take, do, not take · **To what, where:** breeches, jack knife

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This is test 15 · ★ 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/#t15).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ The Mariner walked out wearing his breeches and took the jack-knife home.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t15:1
# text = ★★★ The Mariner walked out wearing his breeches and took the jack-knife home.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Mariner	Mariner	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	breeches	breech	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	jack	jack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
17	home	home	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk out** | past | ★ ★ the Mariner |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wear** | gerund | ★ ★ the Mariner *not said here* | ★'s breeches |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent breech=Source |
| 3 | **take** | past | ★ ★ the Mariner *not said here* | the jack knife |  |  |  | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=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 of his things did he NOT take home?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t15:2
# text = What of his things did he NOT take home?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	NOT	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
9	home	home	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  | of ★'s things | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **take** | infinitive | ★ |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The grating and the rope

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t15:o1:1
# text = The grating and the rope
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	grating	grating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The raft, the suspenders and the grating he had made

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t15:o2:1
# text = The raft, the suspenders and the grating he had made
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	raft	raft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	suspenders	suspender	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	grating	grating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · perfect | he | the raft and the suspenders and the grating *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent raft=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The grating, the raft, and the suspenders he tied to his waist

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t15:o3:1
# text = The grating, the raft, and the suspenders he tied to his waist
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	grating	grating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	raft	raft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	suspenders	suspender	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	tied	tie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	waist	waist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | past | the grating and the raft |  |  |  |  | to his waist | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to waist=Co-Patient |

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

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The raft and the suspenders

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t15:o4:1
# text = The raft and the suspenders
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	raft	raft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	suspenders	suspender	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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