--- title: Identify the creature which, by knotting itself about the hind legs… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5:… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the creature which, by knotting itself about the hind legs of the Elephant's Child, secured his release from the Crocodile. Exam question 1 of lesson 80 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child, part 2 (the tug-of-war and the trunk)» of the books course of Mova's primary --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/80-justso-elephants-child-2/e1/) [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/80-justso-elephants-child-2/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child… Identify the creature which, by knotting itself about the hind legs of the Elephant's Child, secured his release from the Crocodile. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, knot, secure · **To what, where:** creature, release This is exam question 1 of lesson 80 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child, part 2 (the tug-of-war and the trunk)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/80-justso-elephants-child-2/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:80-justso-elephants-child-2:e1:1 # text = Identify the creature which, by knotting itself about the hind legs of the Elephant's Child, secured his release from the Crocodile. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 by by SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 knotting knot VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 8 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 7 obj _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 hind hind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 13 of of 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 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 secured secure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 release release NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Crocodile Crocodile PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the creature | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent creature=Theme | | 2 | **knot** | gerund | you *not said here* | creature | | | | about the hind legs of the Elephant's Child | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Patient | | 3 | **secure** | past | you *not said here* | Child's release | | | | from the Crocodile | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent release=Theme from crocodile=Source | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:80-justso-elephants-child-2:e1:o1:1 # text = The Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 2 Bi bi ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Coloured coloured ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Python python NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The Hippopotamus of the river ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:80-justso-elephants-child-2:e1:o2:1 # text = The Hippopotamus of the river 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Hippopotamus Hippopotamus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The Hippopotamus who was no relation of his, and who lived down river ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:80-justso-elephants-child-2:e1:o3:1 # text = The Hippopotamus who was no relation of his, and who lived down river 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Hippopotamus Hippopotamus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 relation relation NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 down down ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the Hippopotamus | Hippopotamus's relation | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **live down** | past | the Hippopotamus | river | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme river=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} The Kolokolo Bird ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:80-justso-elephants-child-2:e1:o4:1 # text = The Kolokolo Bird 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Kolokolo Kolokolo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Bird Bird PROPN NNP 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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