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title: In both stories so far, something changes an animal's body for ever.… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 2:… · tree and pragmatics
description: In both stories so far, something changes an animal's body for ever. Which pair is right? Test 11 · ★ 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 opti
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# Test 11 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 2: How the Camel got hi…

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In both stories so far, something changes an animal's body for ever. Which pair is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** something, pair · **What happens:** change, be · **To what, where:** body

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In both stories so far, something changes an animal's body for ever.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t11:1
# text = In both stories so far, something changes an animal's body for ever.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	nsubj	_	_
8	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present | something | a animal's body |  |  |  | far *property* | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent body=Theme for ever=Co-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:* Which pair is right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t11:2
# text = Which pair is right?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | which pair |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A grating in the Whale's throat; a hump on the Camel's back

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t11:o1:1
# text = A grating in the Whale's throat; a hump on the Camel's back
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	grating	grating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	throat	throat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hump	hump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A grating in the Whale's throat, a hump on the Camel's back, and a broken spine for the Mariner

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t11:o2:1
# text = A grating in the Whale's throat, a hump on the Camel's back, and a broken spine for the Mariner
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	grating	grating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	throat	throat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hump	hump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	amod	_	_
20	spine	spine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
21	for	for	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	Mariner	Mariner	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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A nose on the Whale's back; a grating on the Camel's throat

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t11:o3:1
# text = A nose on the Whale's back; a grating on the Camel's throat
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	grating	grating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	throat	throat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A grating in the Whale's throat, a hump on the Camel's back, and a broken spine for the old sailor

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t11:o4:1
# text = A grating in the Whale's throat, a hump on the Camel's back, and a broken spine for the old sailor
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	grating	grating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	throat	throat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hump	hump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	amod	_	_
20	spine	spine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
21	for	for	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	sailor	sailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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