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title: State, in accordance with established zoology, the classification of… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 6:… · tree and pragmatics
description: State, in accordance with established zoology, the classification of the kangaroo. Exam question 4 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 of the question and of each 
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# Exam question 4 · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 6: The Sing-Song of Old…

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State, in accordance with established zoology, the classification of the kangaroo.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** establish, classify · **To what, where:** kangaroo

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:e4:1
# text = State, in accordance with established zoology, the classification of the kangaroo.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	accordance	accordance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	zoology	zoology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	classification	classification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	kangaroo	kangaroo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **classify** |  |  | the kangaroo |  |  |  |  | nom classification «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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A reptile, laying its eggs in the sand dunes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:e4:o1:1
# text = A reptile, laying its eggs in the sand dunes
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	reptile	reptile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	laying	lay	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	dunes	dune	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay** | gerund | a reptile *not said here* | reptile's eggs |  | the sand dunes |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent egg=Theme in dune=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A placental mammal with a long pouch and a tail that carries the young around on its back

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:e4:o2:1
# text = A placental mammal with a long pouch and a tail that carries the young around on its back
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	placental	placental	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	mammal	mammal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pouch	pouch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	carries	carry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	around	around	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | a placental mammal with a long pouch and a tail | the young around |  | around's back |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent around=Theme |

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

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A marsupial, bearing its young in a pouch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:e4:o3:1
# text = A marsupial, bearing its young in a pouch
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	marsupial	marsupial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	bearing	bear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	young	young	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pouch	pouch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | gerund | a marsupial *not said here* | marsupial's young |  | a pouch |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent young=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A marsupial that feeds on grass and eucalyptus leaves and hops across the plains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:e4:o4:1
# text = A marsupial that feeds on grass and eucalyptus leaves and hops across the plains
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	marsupial	marsupial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	feeds	feed	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	eucalyptus	eucalyptus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
11	hops	hop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	across	across	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	plains	plain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | present | a marsupial |  |  |  |  | on grass and eucalyptus leaves | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on grass=Patient |
| 2 | **hop** | present | a marsupial |  |  | the plains |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across plain=Trajectory |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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