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title: Old farmer in Somerset: "Gurt big rhino, eh? Proper job that cake we… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 3:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Old farmer in Somerset: "Gurt big rhino, eh? Proper job that cake were." ("gurt" = great, big.) How thick was the cake? Test 9 · ★ 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
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# Test 9 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 3: How the Rhinoceros g…

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Old farmer in Somerset: "Gurt big rhino, eh? Proper job that cake were." ("gurt" = great, big.) How thick was the cake?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cake · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Proper job

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Old farmer in Somerset: "Gurt big rhino, eh?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:t9:1
# text = Old farmer in Somerset: "Gurt big rhino, eh?
1	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Somerset	somerset	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Gurt	Gurt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	rhino	rhino	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	eh	eh	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Proper job that cake were."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:t9:2
# text = Proper job that cake were."
1	Proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	det	_	_
4	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Proper job |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* ("gurt" = great, big.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:t9:3
# text = ("gurt" = great, big.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	gurt	gurt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	6	punct	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 4:* How thick was the cake?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:t9:4
# text = How thick was the cake?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the cake |  |  |  |  | thick *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Three feet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:t9:o1:1
# text = Three feet
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Three feet across, with currants on top of it all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:t9:o2:1
# text = Three feet across, with currants on top of it all
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	across	across	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	currants	currant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nmod	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Three feet thick and two feet across

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:t9:o3:1
# text = Three feet thick and two feet across
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
7	across	across	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Three inches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:76-justso-rhinoceros-skin:t9:o4:1
# text = Three inches
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	inches	inch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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