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title: ★★★ Kipling's real joke: what is the double meaning of "the hump"? — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 2:… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Kipling's real joke: what is the double meaning of "the hump"? Test 16 · ★ 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 was w
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# Test 16 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 2: How the Camel got hi…

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★★★ Kipling's real joke: what is the double meaning of "the hump"?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** real joke, Kipling · **What happens:** be, joke · **To what, where:** double meaning

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This is test 16 · ★ 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/#t16).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t16:1
# text = ★★★ Kipling's real joke: what is the double meaning of "the hump"?
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	Kipling	Kipling	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	double	double	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	hump	hump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Kipling's real joke and the double meaning | the double meaning |  |  |  | of the hump | tree rules |
| 2 | **joke** |  | Kipling |  |  |  |  |  | nom joke «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A rock in the sand and a sour look

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t16:o1:1
# text = A rock in the sand and a sour look
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	sour	sour	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	look	look	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A lump on a camel's back, and a grumpy mood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t16:o2:1
# text = A lump on a camel's back, and a grumpy mood
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lump	lump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	camel	camel	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	,	_	2	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	mood	mood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A lump on a camel's back, and also a grumpy mood, which Kipling is laughing about throughout

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t16:o3:1
# text = A lump on a camel's back, and also a grumpy mood, which Kipling is laughing about throughout
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lump	lump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	camel	camel	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	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	also	also	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	mood	mood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj	_	_
16	Kipling	Kipling	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	conj	_	_
19	about	about	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	throughout	throughout	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present · progressive | a grumpy mood |  |  |  |  | throughout *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A lump on a camel's back, and also a grumpy mood, which is what Kipling is laughing about all along

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:75-justso-camel-hump:t16:o4:1
# text = A lump on a camel's back, and also a grumpy mood, which is what Kipling is laughing about all along
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lump	lump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	camel	camel	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	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	also	also	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	mood	mood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	conj	_	_
18	Kipling	Kipling	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
21	about	about	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	all	all	ADV	RB	_	20	obl	_	_
23	along	along	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a grumpy mood | a lump on a camel's back and a grumpy mood |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **laugh** | present · progressive | a lump on a camel's back and a grumpy mood |  |  |  |  | along *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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