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title: ★★★ The Crocodile winked "one eye", then "the other eye". Read caref… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5:… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ The Crocodile winked "one eye", then "the other eye". Read carefully: what did he do just after the second wink? Test 15 · ★ 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, 
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# Test 15 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child…

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★★★ The Crocodile winked "one eye", then "the other eye". Read carefully: what did he do just after the second wink?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, you · **What happens:** wink, read, do · **To what, where:** one eye

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This is test 15 · ★ 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/#t15).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ The Crocodile winked "one eye", then "the other eye".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t15:1
# text = ★★★ The Crocodile winked "one eye", then "the other eye".
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Crocodile	Crocodile	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	winked	wink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	16	advmod	_	_
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wink** | past | ★ ★ the Crocodile | one eye |  |  |  | the other eye *obl* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |

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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:* Read carefully: what did he do just after the second wink?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t15:2
# text = Read carefully: what did he do just after the second wink?
1	Read	read	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	12	amod	_	_
12	wink	wink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | carefully *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | past · do-support | ★ |  |  |  | after the second wink |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Lifted half his tail out of the mud and waved it slowly at the Elephant's Child

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t15:o1:1
# text = Lifted half his tail out of the mud and waved it slowly at the Elephant's Child
1	Lifted	lift	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	4	det:predet	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	waved	wave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Elephant	Elephant	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	Child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lift** | past |  | his tail |  | the mud |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tail=Theme out mud=Destination |
| 2 | **wave** | past |  | tail |  |  |  | at the Elephant's Child; slowly *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Winked again with one eye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t15:o2:1
# text = Winked again with one eye
1	Winked	wink	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	again	again	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wink** | participle |  |  |  |  | again | with one eye | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Opened his great mouth very wide

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t15:o3:1
# text = Opened his great mouth very wide
1	Opened	open	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | past |  | his great mouth |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mouth=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Lifted half his tail out of the mud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t15:o4:1
# text = Lifted half his tail out of the mud
1	Lifted	lift	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	4	det:predet	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lift** | past |  | his tail |  | the mud |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tail=Theme out mud=Destination |

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