--- title: ★★★ Spankers before the trip: his father, his mother, the Ostrich, t… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5:… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Spankers before the trip: his father, his mother, the Ostrich, the Giraffe, the Hippopotamus and the Baboon. Which of the four options is NOT one of his aunts or uncles? 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Which of the four options is NOT one of his aunts or uncles? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** not be · **To what, where:** one This is test 16 · ★ 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/#t16). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Spankers before the trip: his father, his mother, the Ostrich, the Giraffe, the Hippopotamus and the Baboon. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t16:1 # text = ★★★ Spankers before the trip: his father, his mother, the Ostrich, the Giraffe, the Hippopotamus and the Baboon. 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Spankers spanker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 before before ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 trip trip NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Ostrich Ostrich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Giraffe Giraffe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Hippopotamus Hippopotamus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Baboon Baboon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* Which of the four options is NOT one of his aunts or uncles? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t16:2 # text = Which of the four options is NOT one of his aunts or uncles? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 options option NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 NOT not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 aunts aunt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 12 or or CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 uncles uncle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | present | | one | | | | of ★'s aunts or uncles | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Hippopotamus ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t16:o1:1 # text = Hippopotamus 1 Hippopotamus hippopotamus NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} His mother ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t16:o2:1 # text = His mother 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Ostrich ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t16:o3:1 # text = Ostrich 1 Ostrich ostrich NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Giraffe ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t16:o4:1 # text = Giraffe 1 Giraffe giraffe NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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