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title: State, in accordance with established zoology, the material of which… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 3:… · tree and pragmatics
description: State, in accordance with established zoology, the material of which the horn of a rhinoceros is composed. Exam question 4 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
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# Exam question 4 · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 3: How the Rhinoceros g…

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State, in accordance with established zoology, the material of which the horn of a rhinoceros is composed.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** establish, compose · **To what, where:** horn

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:e4:1
# text = State, in accordance with established zoology, the material of which the horn of a rhinoceros is composed.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	accordance	accordance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	zoology	zoology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	obl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	horn	horn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	rhinoceros	rhinoceros	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	composed	compose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **compose** | present · passive |  | the horn of a rhinoceros |  |  |  | of the material | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |

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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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Horn made of pure calcium

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:e4:o1:1
# text = Horn made of pure calcium
1	Horn	horn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	calcium	calcium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | Horn *not said here* |  |  |  | of pure calcium | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Keratin, the stuff of teeth and bone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:e4:o2:1
# text = Keratin, the stuff of teeth and bone
1	Keratin	Keratin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ivory

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:e4:o3:1
# text = Ivory
1	Ivory	ivory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Keratin, the substance of hair and nails

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:e4:o4:1
# text = Keratin, the substance of hair and nails
1	Keratin	Keratin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	substance	substance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	nails	nail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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

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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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