--- title: Gen Z cousin: "Elephant's Child really said 'I suppose this is the s… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5:… · tree and pragmatics description: Gen Z cousin: "Elephant's Child really said 'I suppose this is the same thing' after the snake spanked him, he's so unbothered." What "same thing" did he mean? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 79 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child, part 1 (What does the Crocodile have for dinner?)» of t --- [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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child… Gen Z cousin: "Elephant's Child really said 'I suppose this is the same thing' after the snake spanked him, he's so unbothered." What "same thing" did he mean? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Child, this, snake · **What happens:** say, suppose, be, spank, mean · **To what, where:** same thing, Child · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Gen Z cousin: "Elephant's Child really said 'I suppose this is the same thing' after the snake spanked him, he's so unbothered." ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t8:1 # text = Gen Z cousin: "Elephant's Child really said 'I suppose this is the same thing' after the snake spanked him, he's so unbothered." 1 Gen gen NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 Z z NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Elephant Elephant PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 Child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 really really ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 11 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 suppose suppose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 14 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 nsubj _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 20 after after SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 spanked spank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 unbothered unbothered ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Elephant's Child | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **suppose** *in a quote* | present | Elephant's Child *= child* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | this | the same thing | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **spank** *in a quote* | past | the snake | Child | | | | | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | snake | | | | | unbothered *property* | tree rules | 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:* What "same thing" did he mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t8:2 # text = What "same thing" did he mean? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 6 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 mean mean 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 | **mean** | past · do-support | snake | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Eating melons ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t8:o1:1 # text = Eating melons 1 Eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 melons melon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | gerund | | melons | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent melon=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Being spanked for his curiosity ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t8:o2:1 # text = Being spanked for his curiosity 1 Being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 aux:pass _ _ 2 spanked spank VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 curiosity curiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spank** | gerund · passive | | | | | | for his curiosity | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP» | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Being sent off to the river ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t8:o3:1 # text = Being sent off to the river 1 Being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 aux:pass _ _ 2 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send off** | gerund · passive | | | | the river | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: to river=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} Being spanked for his curiosity, which he had been doing all of his life since he was very small ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t8:o4:1 # text = Being spanked for his curiosity, which he had been doing all of his life since he was very small 1 Being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 aux:pass _ _ 2 spanked spank VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 curiosity curiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 aux _ _ 11 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 acl:relcl _ _ 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 since since SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 very very ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spank** | gerund · passive | | | | | | for his curiosity | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP» | | 2 | **do** | past · perfect · progressive | his curiosity | all | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Eventuality | | 3 | **is** | past | he | | | | | small *property* | tree rules | **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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