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title: ★★★ Read carefully: which of these did the Elephant's Child do on hi… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5:… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Read carefully: which of these did the Elephant's Child do on his walk home, BEFORE he reached his families? Test 16 · ★★ 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, with the depend
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# Test 16 · ★★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child…

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★★★ Read carefully: which of these did the Elephant's Child do on his walk home, BEFORE he reached his families?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ ★, Child, ★ · **What happens:** read, do, reach, walk · **To what, where:** walk, families

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This is test 16 · ★★ 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/#t16).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:80-justso-elephants-child-2:t16:1
# text = ★★★ Read carefully: which of these did the Elephant's Child do on his walk home, BEFORE he reached his families?
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	Read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	7	nmod	_	_
10	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Elephant	Elephant	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	Child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	parataxis	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	home	home	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	BEFORE	before	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
22	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
24	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | infinitive | ★ ★ |  |  |  |  | carefully *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **do** | present | the Elephant's Child |  |  | Child's walk |  | home *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **reach** | past | ★ | Child's families |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent family=Theme |
| 5 | **walk** |  | Child |  |  |  |  |  | nom walk «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Spanked a Hippopotamus who was no relation of his

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:80-justso-elephants-child-2:t16:o1:1
# text = Spanked a Hippopotamus who was no relation of his
1	Spanked	spank	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
3	Hippopotamus	Hippopotamus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	relation	relation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spank** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | Hippopotamus | Hippopotamus's relation |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Met the Snake and spanked a Hippopotamus who was no relation of his, then went home

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:80-justso-elephants-child-2:t16:o2:1
# text = Met the Snake and spanked a Hippopotamus who was no relation of his, then went home
1	Met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Snake	Snake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	spanked	spank	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
7	Hippopotamus	Hippopotamus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
11	relation	relation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	16	advmod	_	_
16	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
17	home	home	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | past |  | the Snake |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snake=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **spank** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | past | Hippopotamus | Hippopotamus's relation |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **go** | past |  |  |  |  | then | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Found his family and said goodbye to the Snake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:80-justso-elephants-child-2:t16:o3:1
# text = Found his family and said goodbye to the Snake
1	Found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past |  | his family |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Topic |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  | goodbye | the Snake |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent goodbye=Topic to snake=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Hit a crocodile in the river at the bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:80-justso-elephants-child-2:t16:o4:1
# text = Hit a crocodile in the river at the bank
1	Hit	hit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	crocodile	crocodile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | imperative | you *not said here* | a crocodile |  | the river |  | at the bank | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent crocodile=Theme in river=Destination |

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