--- title: In the Camel story, the Horse, Dog and Ox each came and spoke to the… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5:… · tree and pragmatics description: In the Camel story, the Horse, Dog and Ox each came and spoke to the Camel in turn. Who comes to the Elephant's Child in turn with spanks? Test 11 · ★ 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 M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/79-justso-elephants-child-1/t11/) [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), 5:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/79-justso-elephants-child-1/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child… In the Camel story, the Horse, Dog and Ox each came and spoke to the Camel in turn. Who comes to the Elephant's Child in turn with spanks? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Horse · **What happens:** come, speak · **To what, where:** Camel story, turn · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In the Camel story, the Horse, Dog and Ox each came and spoke to the Camel in turn. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t11:1 # text = In the Camel story, the Horse, Dog and Ox each came and spoke to the Camel in turn. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 Camel camel NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 Ox ox NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 12 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 11 nmod:unmarked _ _ 13 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Camel camel NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the Horse and Dog and Ox each | | | the Camel story | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in story=Location | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the Horse and Dog and Ox each *not said here* | | | turn | | to the Camel | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to camel=Co-Agent | 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:* Who comes to the Elephant's Child in turn with spanks? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t11:2 # text = Who comes to the Elephant's Child in turn with spanks? 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 2 nsubj _ _ 2 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Elephant Elephant PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 Child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 spanks spank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | | | | | | to the Elephant's Child in turn with spanks | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to child=Initial\_Location | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} His aunts and uncles, one after another, plus the Python and Crocodile too at the river ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t11:o1:1 # text = His aunts and uncles, one after another, plus the Python and Crocodile too at the river 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 aunts aunt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 uncles uncle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 appos _ _ 7 after after ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 10 plus plus CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Python Python PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 Crocodile Crocodile PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 15 too too ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} His aunts and uncles, one after another ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t11:o2:1 # text = His aunts and uncles, one after another 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 aunts aunt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 uncles uncle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 appos _ _ 7 after after ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 6 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The Python, the Crocodile and Baboon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t11:o3:1 # text = The Python, the Crocodile and Baboon 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Python Python PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Crocodile Crocodile PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 Baboon Baboon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} His aunts and uncles, one after another, all in one big spanking party at home before dinner ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t11:o4:1 # text = His aunts and uncles, one after another, all in one big spanking party at home before dinner 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 aunts aunt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 uncles uncle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 appos _ _ 7 after after ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 0 root _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 13 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 14 spanking spanking NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 before before ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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