---
title: Compare the Camel with the Mariner in the first story. Which is true? — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 2:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Compare the Camel with the Mariner in the first story. Which is true? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 75 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 2: How the Camel got his Hump» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice wa
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/75-justso-camel-hump/t10/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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), 2:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/75-justso-camel-hump/) / t10

# Test 10 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 2: How the Camel got hi…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Compare the Camel with the Mariner in the first story. Which is true?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** compare, be · **To what, where:** Camel, first story

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 75 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 2: How the Camel got his Hump» 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/75-justso-camel-hump/#t10).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* Compare the Camel with the Mariner in the first story.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t10:1
# text = Compare the Camel with the Mariner in the first story.
1	Compare	compare	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Mariner	Mariner	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	amod	_	_
10	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compare** | imperative | you *not said here* | the Camel |  | the first story |  | with the Mariner | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent camel=Patient with mariner=Co-Patient |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* Which is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t10:2
# text = Which is true?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They are both clever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t10:o1:1
# text = They are both clever
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	both	both	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | both, clever *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Mariner was clever and busy; the Camel was idle and rude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t10:o2:1
# text = The Mariner was clever and busy; the Camel was idle and rude
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Mariner	Mariner	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	idle	idle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the Mariner |  |  |  |  | clever *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the Mariner *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | past | the Camel |  |  |  |  | idle *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** |  | the Camel *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Mariner was lazy; the Camel was busy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t10:o3:1
# text = The Mariner was lazy; the Camel was busy
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Mariner	Mariner	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the Mariner |  |  |  |  | lazy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | the Camel |  |  |  |  | busy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Camel was clever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t10:o4:1
# text = The Camel was clever
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the Camel |  |  |  |  | clever *property* | tree rules |

<!-- div src -->

**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 2:…, test 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/75-justso-camel-hump/t9/)
- next →: [Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 2:…, test 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/75-justso-camel-hump/t11/)
- ↑ back to [Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 2: How the Camel got his Hump](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/75-justso-camel-hump/)

