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title: Uncle Mike: "Them that takes cakes... d'ya get it?" What is the rhym… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 3:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Uncle Mike: "Them that takes cakes... d'ya get it?" What is the rhyme really saying? Test 6 · ★ 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 each optio
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# Test 6 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 3: How the Rhinoceros g…

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Uncle Mike: "Them that takes cakes... d'ya get it?" What is the rhyme really saying?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Them, Uncle Mike, rhyme · **What happens:** take, get, be · **To what, where:** cakes, Them

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Uncle Mike: "Them that takes cakes... d'ya get it?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:t6:1
# text = Uncle Mike: "Them that takes cakes... d'ya get it?"
1	Uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Mike	Mike	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Them	them	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	cakes	cake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	...	...	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
10	d'ya	d'ya	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** *in a quote* | present | Them | cakes |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Theme |
| 2 | **get** *in a quote* | infinitive | Uncle Mike | Them |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the rhyme really saying?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:t6:2
# text = What is the rhyme really saying?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the rhyme |  |  |  |  | say *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Always share your cake nicely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:t6:o1:1
# text = Always share your cake nicely
1	Always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	2	advmod	_	_
2	share	share	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	nicely	nicely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | imperative | you *not said here* | your cake |  |  |  | always, nicely *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Never bake cakes for rhinos

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:t6:o2:1
# text = Never bake cakes for rhinos
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	bake	bake	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	cakes	cake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	rhinos	rhino	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **bake** | imperative | you *not said here* | cakes |  |  |  | for rhinos | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent cake=Material for rhino=Beneficiary |

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

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If you steal, you will be paid back for it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:t6:o3:1
# text = If you steal, you will be paid back for it
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	steal	steal	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **pay back** | future · passive |  | you |  |  |  | for it | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Asset for it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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If you steal, you will be paid back for it in the end

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:t6:o4:1
# text = If you steal, you will be paid back for it in the end
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	steal	steal	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **pay back** | future · passive |  | you |  |  | in the end | for it | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Asset for it=Theme |

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