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title: Select the response that most accurately characterises the origin of… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 3:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response that most accurately characterises the origin of the folds in the skin of the Rhinoceros according to the narrative. Exam question 3 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 depende
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# Exam question 3 · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 3: How the Rhinoceros g…

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Select the response that most accurately characterises the origin of the folds in the skin of the Rhinoceros according to the narrative.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, most · **What happens:** select, characteris, accord · **To what, where:** response, origin

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:e3:1
# text = Select the response that most accurately characterises the origin of the folds in the skin of the Rhinoceros according to the narrative.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	nsubj	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	folds	fold	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	Rhinoceros	Rhinoceros	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	22	case	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	fixed	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present | most | the origin of the folds in the skin of the Rhinoceros accord the narrative |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: 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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Eating too many plants for dinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:e3:o1:1
# text = Eating too many plants for dinner
1	Eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	too	too	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | gerund |  | many plants |  |  |  | for dinner | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plant=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Vigorous rubbing against a palm tree to relieve itching from the crumbs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:e3:o2:1
# text = Vigorous rubbing against a palm tree to relieve itching from the crumbs
1	Vigorous	vigorous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	rubbing	rubbing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	against	against	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	palm	palm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	relieve	relieve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	itching	itch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **relieve** | to-infinitive | Vigorous rubbing |  |  |  |  | against a palm tree | tree rules |
| 2 | **itch** | gerund | Vigorous rubbing *not said here* |  |  |  |  | from the crumbs | vn pain-40.8.1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Patient from crumb=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Vigorous rubbing against a palm tree to relieve itching

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:e3:o3:1
# text = Vigorous rubbing against a palm tree to relieve itching
1	Vigorous	vigorous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	rubbing	rubbing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	against	against	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	palm	palm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	relieve	relieve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
9	itching	itching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **relieve** | to-infinitive |  | itching |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus itching=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Being pinched by the Parsee and then tied up in a sack of sand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:e3:o4:1
# text = Being pinched by the Parsee and then tied up in a sack of sand
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	pinched	pinch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Parsee	Parsee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pinch** | gerund · passive | the Parsee |  |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **tie up** | participle | the Parsee *not said here* |  |  | a sack of sand | then |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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**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.

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