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title: Molly, Gen Alpha: "Crocodile was like 'come here bestie, I'll whispe… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Molly, Gen Alpha: "Crocodile was like 'come here bestie, I'll whisper', sus much?" ("sus" = suspicious.) Why should the Elephant's Child have been careful? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 79 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child, part 1 (What does the Crocodile have for dinner?)» of the b
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# Test 2 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child…

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Molly, Gen Alpha: "Crocodile was like 'come here bestie, I'll whisper', sus much?" ("sus" = suspicious.) Why should the Elephant's Child have been careful?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Crocodile, Molly, Child · **What happens:** come, whisper, be · **To what, where:** sus

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Molly, Gen Alpha: "Crocodile was like 'come here bestie, I'll whisper', sus much?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t2:1
# text = Molly, Gen Alpha: "Crocodile was like 'come here bestie, I'll whisper', sus much?"
1	Molly	Molly	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	Gen	Gen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Alpha	Alpha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Crocodile	crocodile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
12	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
13	bestie	bestie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
15	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	whisper	whisper	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	',	',	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
19	sus	sus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	much	much	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** *in a quote* | past | Crocodile |  |  | here |  | bestie *vocative* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **whisper** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | Molly and Gen Alpha | sus |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sus=Topic |

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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:* ("sus" = suspicious.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t2:2
# text = ("sus" = suspicious.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	sus	sus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	6	punct	_	_
6	suspicious	suspicious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 3:* Why should the Elephant's Child have been careful?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t2:3
# text = Why should the Elephant's Child have been careful?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Elephant	Elephant	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	Child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
9	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | should · perfect | the Elephant's Child |  |  |  |  | careful *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Crocodiles catch animals at the water's edge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t2:o1:1
# text = Crocodiles catch animals at the water's edge
1	Crocodiles	crocodile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	catch	catch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | present | Crocodiles | animals |  | the water's edge |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent animal=Theme at edge=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Crocodiles like to talk to young children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t2:o2:1
# text = Crocodiles like to talk to young children
1	Crocodiles	crocodile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | present | Crocodiles |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **talk** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Crocodiles *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to young children | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to child=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They are very friendly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t2:o3:1
# text = They are very friendly
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | friendly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Crocodiles sleep all day in the hot sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t2:o4:1
# text = Crocodiles sleep all day in the hot sun
1	Crocodiles	crocodile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sleep	sleep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | present | Crocodiles |  |  | the hot sun | day |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in sun=Location |

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