--- title: ★★★ Trap in the wording: in the heat wave "everybody took off all th… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 3:… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Trap in the wording: in the heat wave "everybody took off all the clothes they had". What did the Parsee take off? Test 16 · ★ 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 pragmatic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/76-justso-rhinoceros-skin/t16/) [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), 3:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/76-justso-rhinoceros-skin/) / t16 # Test 16 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 3: How the Rhinoceros g… ★★★ Trap in the wording: in the heat wave "everybody took off all the clothes they had". What did the Parsee take off? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** heat wave, clothes, Parsee · **What happens:** take off, have · **To what, where:** clothes This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 76 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 3: How the Rhinoceros got his Skin» 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/76-justso-rhinoceros-skin/#t16). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Trap in the wording: in the heat wave "everybody took off all the clothes they had". ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:t16:1 # text = ★★★ Trap in the wording: in the heat wave "everybody took off all the clothes they had". 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 Trap trap NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 wording wording NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 wave wave NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 15 nsubj _ _ 15 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 16 off off ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 19 det:predet _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 15 obj _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take off** *in a quote* | past | the heat wave | all clothes | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | past | clothes | all clothes *not said here* | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient | 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:* What did the Parsee take off? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:t16:2 # text = What did the Parsee take off? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Parsee Parsee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take off** | past · do-support | the Parsee | | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} His shirt and his knife ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:t16:o1:1 # text = His shirt and his knife 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 shirt shirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Only his hat, since it was all he wore ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:t16:o2:1 # text = Only his hat, since it was all he wore 1 Only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 hat hat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 since since ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 conj _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 wore wear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wear** | past | he | | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} His hat, his knife, his cooking-stove and his boots, all of them at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:t16:o3:1 # text = His hat, his knife, his cooking-stove and his boots, all of them at once 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 hat hat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 8 cooking cooking NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 stove stove NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 boots boot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 15 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 appos _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nmod _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 15 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Only his hat, since it was all he wore, and his knife too ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:t16:o4:1 # text = Only his hat, since it was all he wore, and his knife too 1 Only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 hat hat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 since since ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 conj _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 wore wear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 15 too too ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wear** | past | he | | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | **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; 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