--- title: ★★★ Read carefully: did the Mariner make the grating before or after… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 1:… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Read carefully: did the Mariner make the grating before or after he asked to be taken home? Test 16 · ★ 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 e --- [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/t16/) [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/) / t16 # Test 16 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 1: How the Whale got hi… ★★★ Read carefully: did the Mariner make the grating before or after he asked to be taken home? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ ★, Mariner · **What happens:** read, make, ask, take · **To what, where:** grating · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 16 · ★ 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/#t16). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t16:1 # text = ★★★ Read carefully: did the Mariner make the grating before or after he asked to be taken home? 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 Read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 7 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Mariner Mariner PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 grating grating NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 before before SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 or or CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 after after ADP IN _ 13 conj _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 ccomp _ _ 21 home home ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | infinitive | ★ ★ | | | | | carefully *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **make** | past · do-support | the Mariner | the grating | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grating=Product | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Mariner | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP» | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Before: he asked to be taken home first ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t16:o1:1 # text = Before: he asked to be taken home first 1 Before before SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 8 home home ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | he | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | first, home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP» | ### Option 2 {#o2} Before: he made the grating first, then asked the Whale to take him home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t16:o2:1 # text = Before: he made the grating first, then asked the Whale to take him home 1 Before before SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 made make 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 grating grating NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 10 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Whale whale NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 home home ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | he | the grating | | | | first *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grating=Product | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | he *not said here* | | the Whale | | then | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent whale=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | Whale | | | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} After: he made it while the Whale was swimming ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t16:o3:1 # text = After: he made it while the Whale was swimming 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 while while SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Whale whale NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 swimming swim VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | he | it | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product | | 2 | **swim** | past · progressive | the Whale | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Before he was swallowed by the Whale ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:74-justso-whale-throat:t16:o4:1 # text = Before he was swallowed by the Whale 1 Before before SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 swallowed swallow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Whale whale NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:agent _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swallow** | past · passive | the Whale | he | | | | | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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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