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title: Across the six stories, which animal's change is the only one that c… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 6:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Across the six stories, which animal's change is the only one that came from Kipling's idea of hiding in shadows? Test 13 · ★★ 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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# Test 13 · ★★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 6: The Sing-Song of Old…

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Across the six stories, which animal's change is the only one that came from Kipling's idea of hiding in shadows?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** change, only one, animal · **What happens:** be, come, change · **To what, where:** only one, idea

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This is test 13 · ★★ 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:t13:1
# text = Across the six stories, which animal's change is the only one that came from Kipling's idea of hiding in shadows?
1	Across	across	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
6	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	7	det	_	_
7	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	Kipling	Kipling	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	hiding	hiding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	shadows	shadow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | which animal's change | the only one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | past | the only one |  |  | Kipling's idea of hiding in shadows |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from idea=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **change** |  | which animal |  |  |  |  |  | nom change «event intransitive»: 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 Elephant's Child, in the Whale story

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:t13:o1:1
# text = The Elephant's Child, in the Whale story
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Elephant	Elephant	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	Child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Whale and the Camel, both changed by Kipling's shadow ideas in their own stories

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:t13:o2:1
# text = The Whale and the Camel, both changed by Kipling's shadow ideas in their own stories
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	nsubj	_	_
8	changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	Kipling	Kipling	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	shadow	shadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	ideas	idea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
16	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | participle | the Whale and the Camel |  |  | Whale's own stories |  | by Kipling's shadow ideas | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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The Giraffe and the Zebra, in the Leopard story

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:t13:o3:1
# text = The Giraffe and the Zebra, in the Leopard story
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Giraffe	Giraffe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Zebra	Zebra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Leopard	Leopard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Rhinoceros, in the Elephant's Child story

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:t13:o4:1
# text = The Rhinoceros, in the Elephant's Child story
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Rhinoceros	Rhinoceros	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Elephant	Elephant	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	Child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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