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title: Identify the item consumed without permission by the Rhinoceros upon… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 3:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the item consumed without permission by the Rhinoceros upon his first appearance. Exam question 1 of lesson 76 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 3: How the Rhinoceros got his Skin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Exam question 1 · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 3: How the Rhinoceros g…

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Identify the item consumed without permission by the Rhinoceros upon his first appearance.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, item · **What happens:** identify, consume

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 76 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 3: How the Rhinoceros got his Skin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/76-justso-rhinoceros-skin/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:e1:1
# text = Identify the item consumed without permission by the Rhinoceros upon his first appearance.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	item	item	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	consumed	consume	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	without	without	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	permission	permission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Rhinoceros	Rhinoceros	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	amod	_	_
13	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | without permission; by the Rhinoceros; upon item's first appearance | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **consume** | past | the item |  |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=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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Some currants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:e1:o1:1
# text = Some currants
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	currants	currant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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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 cake measuring two feet across and three feet thick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:e1:o2:1
# text = A cake measuring two feet across and three feet thick
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	measuring	measure	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	across	across	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **measure** | gerund | a cake *not said here* | two feet |  |  |  | across *property* | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme foot=Value |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A pie two feet long and one foot thick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:e1:o3:1
# text = A pie two feet long and one foot thick
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pie	pie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A cake measuring three feet across and two feet thick, with currants on top

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:e1:o4:1
# text = A cake measuring three feet across and two feet thick, with currants on top
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	measuring	measure	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	across	across	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
10	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	currants	currant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **measure** | gerund | a cake *not said here* | three feet |  |  |  | across *property* | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme foot=Value |

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