--- title: Brody, Aussie: "Kangaroo ran from mornin' till the arvo, flat out li… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 6:… · tree and pragmatics description: Brody, Aussie: "Kangaroo ran from mornin' till the arvo, flat out like a lizard drinkin'." ("flat out like a lizard drinking" = very busy, going hard.) When did it end? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 81 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 6: The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo» of the books course of Mova's pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/81-justso-old-man-kangaroo/t2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 6:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/81-justso-old-man-kangaroo/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 6: The Sing-Song of Old… Brody, Aussie: "Kangaroo ran from mornin' till the arvo, flat out like a lizard drinkin'." ("flat out like a lizard drinking" = very busy, going hard.) When did it end? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Brody, drinking · **What happens:** run, flat out, go, end · **To what, where:** mornin This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Brody, Aussie: "Kangaroo ran from mornin' till the arvo, flat out like a lizard drinkin'." ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:t2:1 # text = Brody, Aussie: "Kangaroo ran from mornin' till the arvo, flat out like a lizard drinkin'." 1 Brody Brody PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 Aussie Aussie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Kangaroo Kangaroo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 mornin mornin NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 11 till till ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 arvo arvo NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 flat flat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 16 out out ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 like like ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 lizard lizard NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 drinkin drinkin NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** *in a quote* | past | Brody Aussie | | | mornin | till the arvo | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from mornin=Trajectory | | 2 | **flat out** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | like a lizard drinkin | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* ("flat out like a lizard drinking" = very busy, going hard.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:t2:2 # text = ("flat out like a lizard drinking" = very busy, going hard.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 flat flat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 advcl _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 lizard lizard NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 drinking drinking NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 10 = = SYM SYM _ 12 punct _ _ 11 very very ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 15 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | gerund | | | | | | hard *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | *Sentence 3:* When did it end? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:t2:3 # text = When did it end? 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 end end VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **end** | past · do-support | drinking | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Noon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:t2:o1:1 # text = Noon 1 Noon noon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Half past four ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:t2:o2:1 # text = Half past four 1 Half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 3 det:predet _ _ 2 past past ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Ten o'clock ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:t2:o3:1 # text = Ten o'clock 1 Ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 o'clock o'clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Five o'clock ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:t2:o4:1 # text = Five o'clock 1 Five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 o'clock o'clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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