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# Test 10 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child…

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The Mariner in the Whale story was "a man of infinite-resource-and-sagacity". Which is true of the Elephant's Child so far?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mariner · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** man

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 79 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child, part 1 (What does the Crocodile have for dinner?)» 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/79-justso-elephants-child-1/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The Mariner in the Whale story was "a man of infinite-resource-and-sagacity".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t10:1
# text = The Mariner in the Whale story was "a man of infinite-resource-and-sagacity".
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Mariner	Mariner	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	infinite	infinite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	resource	resource	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	sagacity	sagacity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | the Mariner in the Whale story | a man |  |  |  | of infinite resource | tree rules |

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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:* Which is true of the Elephant's Child so far?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t10:2
# text = Which is true of the Elephant's Child so far?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Elephant	Elephant	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	Child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the Elephant's Child; far, true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He is bold and rude but never curious

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t10:o1:1
# text = He is bold and rude but never curious
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	bold	bold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	curious	curious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | bold *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **be** |  | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He is curious and polite but too trusting, and he will never learn from his mistakes at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t10:o2:1
# text = He is curious and polite but too trusting, and he will never learn from his mistakes at all
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	curious	curious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	trusting	trust	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	mistakes	mistake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | curious *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **trust** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **not** **learn** | future | he |  |  | his mistakes |  | at all | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from mistake=Source |
| 5 | **mistake** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom mistake «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He is curious and polite but too trusting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t10:o3:1
# text = He is curious and polite but too trusting
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	curious	curious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	trusting	trust	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | curious *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **trust** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He is greedy and selfish but very kind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t10:o4:1
# text = He is greedy and selfish but very kind
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	greedy	greedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	selfish	selfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | greedy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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