--- title: Sipho, South Africa: "The Limpopo? That's lekker far from Graham's T… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5:… · tree and pragmatics description: Sipho, South Africa: "The Limpopo? That's lekker far from Graham's Town, hey." ("lekker" = really, very.) Which way did the Elephant's Child walk? 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Which way did the Elephant's Child walk? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** way · **What happens:** be, walk · **To what, where:** lekker This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Sipho, South Africa: "The Limpopo? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t12:1 # text = Sipho, South Africa: "The Limpopo? 1 Sipho Sipho PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 South South PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 Africa Africa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Limpopo Limpopo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* That's lekker far from Graham's Town, hey." ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t12:2 # text = That's lekker far from Graham's Town, hey." 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 lekker lekker NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 Graham Graham PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 Town Town PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 hey hey INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | that lekker | | | | | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* ("lekker" = really, very.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t12:3 # text = ("lekker" = really, very.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 lekker lekker NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 5 = = SYM SYM _ 6 punct _ _ 6 really really ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 4:* Which way did the Elephant's Child walk? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t12:4 # text = Which way did the Elephant's Child walk? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 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 8 nsubj _ _ 8 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past · do-support | which way | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Straight to the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t12:o1:1 # text = Straight to the sea 1 Straight straight ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Up the river only ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t12:o2:1 # text = Up the river only 1 Up up ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} From Graham's Town to Kimberley to Khama's Country ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t12:o3:1 # text = From Graham's Town to Kimberley to Khama's Country 1 From from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 Graham Graham PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 Town Town PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Kimberley Kimberley PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 Khama Khama PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 Country Country PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} From Johannesburg to Durban and back again to home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t12:o4:1 # text = From Johannesburg to Durban and back again to home 1 From from ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 Johannesburg Johannesburg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Durban Durban PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ 7 again again ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` 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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