--- title: Older cousin: "Kipling says ten million serving-men, seven million W… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5:… · tree and pragmatics description: Older cousin: "Kipling says ten million serving-men, seven million Whys. That's her, our Ellie, never stops asking." What are the "serving-men" really? Test 13 · ★★ 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](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/t13/) [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/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child… Older cousin: "Kipling says ten million serving-men, seven million Whys. That's her, our Ellie, never stops asking." What are the "serving-men" really? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Older cousin, That, serving men · **What happens:** say, be, not stop, ask · **To what, where:** million serving men, cousin · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 13 · ★★ 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. 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/#t13). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Older cousin: "Kipling says ten million serving-men, seven million Whys. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:80-justso-elephants-child-2:t13:1 # text = Older cousin: "Kipling says ten million serving-men, seven million Whys. 1 Older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Kipling Kipling PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 compound _ _ 8 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 9 serving serving NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 compound _ _ 14 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 Whys why NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Older cousin | million serving men and million Whys | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent man=Topic | 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:* That's her, our Ellie, never stops asking." ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:80-justso-elephants-child-2:t13:2 # text = That's her, our Ellie, never stops asking." 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 Ellie Ellie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 asking ask VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | That | cousin | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **stop** | present | | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 3:* What are the "serving-men" really? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:80-justso-elephants-child-2:t13:3 # text = What are the "serving-men" really? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 serving serving NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 9 really really ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the serving men | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Serving-men of Kipling ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:80-justso-elephants-child-2:t13:o1:1 # text = Serving-men of Kipling 1 Serving serve VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Kipling Kipling PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **serve** | gerund | | | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Servants ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:80-justso-elephants-child-2:t13:o2:1 # text = Servants 1 Servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Helpful friends ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:80-justso-elephants-child-2:t13:o3:1 # text = Helpful friends 1 Helpful helpful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Question words ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:80-justso-elephants-child-2:t13:o4:1 # text = Question words 1 Question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 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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