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title: Identify the deity who acceded to the Kangaroo's request, together w… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 6:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the deity who acceded to the Kangaroo's request, together with the hour at which the request was made. Exam question 1 of lesson 81 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 6: The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 1 · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 6: The Sing-Song of Old…

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Identify the deity who acceded to the Kangaroo's request, together with the hour at which the request was made.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, deity, Kangaroo · **What happens:** identify, accede, make, request · **To what, where:** deity, request

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 81 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 6: The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo» 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/81-justso-old-man-kangaroo/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:e1:1
# text = Identify the deity who acceded to the Kangaroo's request, together with the hour at which the request was made.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	deity	deity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	acceded	accede	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Kangaroo	Kangaroo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	together	together	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	21	obl	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj:pass	_	_
20	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux:pass	_	_
21	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the deity |  |  | hour |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent deity=Theme |
| 2 | **accede** | past | the deity |  |  |  |  | to the Kangaroo's request | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to request=Theme |
| 3 | **make** | past · passive |  | the request |  |  | at the hour |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 4 | **request** |  | the Kangaroo |  |  |  |  |  | nom request «communication 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The Little God Nqa, at ten after breakfast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:e1:o1:1
# text = The Little God Nqa, at ten after breakfast
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	Little	Little	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Nqa	Nqa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	appos	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nquing, at eight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:e1:o2:1
# text = Nquing, at eight
1	Nquing	Nquing	PROPN	NNP	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The Big God Nqong, at ten before dinner-time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:e1:o3:1
# text = The Big God Nqong, at ten before dinner-time
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	Big	Big	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Nqong	Nqong	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	appos	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Middle God Nquing, at six before breakfast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:e1:o4:1
# text = The Middle God Nquing, at six before breakfast
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	Middle	Middle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
3	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Nquing	Nquing	PROPN	NNP	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	appos	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

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