--- title: ★★★ The Camel stopped working on Monday and got his hump on Thursday… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 2:… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ The Camel stopped working on Monday and got his hump on Thursday. The Djinn says he "missed those three days". Which three days, counting from the story? Test 14 · ★ 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 --- [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/t14/) [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/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 2: How the Camel got hi… ★★★ The Camel stopped working on Monday and got his hump on Thursday. The Djinn says he "missed those three days". Which three days, counting from the story? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, Djinn, three days · **What happens:** stop, work, get, say, miss, count · **To what, where:** hump, story · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 14 · ★ 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/#t14). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ The Camel stopped working on Monday and got his hump on Thursday. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t14:1 # text = ★★★ The Camel stopped working on Monday and got his hump on Thursday. 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 Camel camel NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 6 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 working work VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 xcomp _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Monday Monday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 hump hump NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Thursday Thursday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | past | ★ ★ the Camel | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **work** | gerund | ★ ★ the Camel *not said here* | | | | monday | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **get** | past | ★ ★ the Camel *not said here* | ★'s hump | | | thursday | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hump=Stimulus | 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:* The Djinn says he "missed those three days". ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t14:2 # text = The Djinn says he "missed those three days". 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Djinn Djinn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 missed miss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 8 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Djinn | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **miss** *in a quote* | past | Djinn | | | | day | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | *Sentence 3:* Which three days, counting from the story? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t14:3 # text = Which three days, counting from the story? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 2 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 counting count VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | gerund | which three days | | | the story | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The whole week from Monday through to the weekend ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t14:o1:1 # text = The whole week from Monday through to the weekend 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Monday Monday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 through through ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 weekend weekend NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t14:o2:1 # text = Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 1 Monday Monday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 Tuesday Tuesday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 Wednesday Wednesday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday morning ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t14:o3:1 # text = Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday morning 1 Monday Monday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 Tuesday Tuesday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 Wednesday Wednesday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 Thursday Thursday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t14:o4:1 # text = Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 1 Tuesday Tuesday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 Wednesday Wednesday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 Thursday Thursday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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