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title: The Whale story had "Fifty North and Forty West"; this song has "Fro… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 6:… · tree and pragmatics
description: The Whale story had "Fifty North and Forty West"; this song has "From Torres Straits to the Leeuwin". What are these? Test 12 · ★★ 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 pragmat
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# Test 12 · ★★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 6: The Sing-Song of Old…

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The Whale story had "Fifty North and Forty West"; this song has "From Torres Straits to the Leeuwin". What are these?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Whale story, song, these · **What happens:** have, be · **To what, where:** Fifty North, Torres Straits

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This is test 12 · ★★ 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. 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The Whale story had "Fifty North and Forty West"; this song has "From Torres Straits to the Leeuwin".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:t12:1
# text = The Whale story had "Fifty North and Forty West"; this song has "From Torres Straits to the Leeuwin".
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	compound	_	_
7	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	Forty	Forty	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	West	West	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	det	_	_
14	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
16	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	From	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	Torres	Torres	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	Straits	Strait	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	Leeuwin	Leeuwin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the Whale story | Fifty North and Forty |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent north=Patient |
| 2 | **have** | present | this song | Torres Straits |  |  |  | to the Leeuwin | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strait=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What are these?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:t12:2
# text = What are these?
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	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | these |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Names of rivers the Kangaroo swam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:t12:o1:1
# text = Names of rivers the Kangaroo swam
1	Names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Kangaroo	Kangaroo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	swam	swim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | past | Names of rivers |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **name** |  |  | rivers |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Names of places the gods created in the Dreamtime for the animals to live in

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:t12:o2:1
# text = Names of places the gods created in the Dreamtime for the animals to live in
1	Names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	created	create	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Dreamtime	dreamtime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **create** | past | Names of places and the gods |  |  | the Dreamtime |  | for the animals | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for animal=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **live in** | to-infinitive | Names of places and the gods *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **name** |  |  | places and the gods |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Imaginary lands only in the song

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:t12:o3:1
# text = Imaginary lands only in the song
1	Imaginary	imaginary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Real places you can find in an atlas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:t12:o4:1
# text = Real places you can find in an atlas
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	atlas	atlas	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** | can | Real places |  |  | a atlas |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

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