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title: Tyler, Gen Z: "Kangaroo wanted to be famous and got chased by a dog… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 6:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Tyler, Gen Z: "Kangaroo wanted to be famous and got chased by a dog lmao, be careful what you wish for fr." ("fr" = for real.) Which earlier animal also got a body change he did not like because of his own words? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 81 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 6: The Sing-Song of Old Ma
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 6: The Sing-Song of Old…

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Tyler, Gen Z: "Kangaroo wanted to be famous and got chased by a dog lmao, be careful what you wish for fr." ("fr" = for real.) Which earlier animal also got a body change he did not like because of his own words?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kangaroo, dog lmao, you, earlier animal, animal · **What happens:** want, be, chase, wish, get, not like · **To what, where:** body change · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Tyler, Gen Z: "Kangaroo wanted to be famous and got chased by a dog lmao, be careful what you wish for fr."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:t5:1
# text = Tyler, Gen Z: "Kangaroo wanted to be famous and got chased by a dog lmao, be careful what you wish for fr."
1	Tyler	Tyler	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	Gen	Gen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Z	z	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Kangaroo	Kangaroo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
11	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	chased	chase	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	lmao	lmao	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	cop	_	_
21	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
22	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	24	obj	_	_
23	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	wish	wish	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	ccomp	_	_
25	for	for	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** *in a quote* | past | Kangaroo |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Kangaroo *not said here* |  |  |  |  | famous *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **chase** *in a quote* | past · passive | a dog lmao |  |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | Kangaroo *not said here* |  |  |  |  | careful *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **wish** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  | for fr | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

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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:* ("fr" = for real.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:t5:2
# text = ("fr" = for real.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	7	punct	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* Which earlier animal also got a body change he did not like because of his own words?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:t5:3
# text = Which earlier animal also got a body change he did not like because of his own words?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
2	earlier	early	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl:relcl	_	_
13	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	17	case	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	fixed	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
16	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | which earlier animal | a body change |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer change=Stimulus |
| 2 | **not** **like** | past · do-support | animal | a body change *not said here* |  |  |  | because animal's own words | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot change=Theme |
| 3 | **word** |  | animal |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The Elephant's Child, who asked too many questions and was pulled by a Crocodile

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:t5:o1:1
# text = The Elephant's Child, who asked too many questions and was pulled by a Crocodile
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	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	questions	question	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Crocodile	crocodile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the Elephant's Child | many questions |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient |
| 2 | **pull** | past · passive | a Crocodile |  |  |  |  |  | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Giraffe, who got his long neck from the tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:t5:o2:1
# text = The Giraffe, who got his long neck from the tree
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Giraffe	Giraffe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | the Giraffe | Giraffe's long neck |  | the tree |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent neck=Theme from tree=Source |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Camel, who said "Humph!" once too often

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:t5:o3:1
# text = The Camel, who said "Humph!" once too often
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Humph	Humph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
10	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	advmod	_	_
11	too	too	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	often	often	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Camel | Humph |  |  |  | often, once *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent humph=Topic |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Zebra, who was painted by the Leopard and then got stripes he did not like at all

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:t5:o4:1
# text = The Zebra, who was painted by the Leopard and then got stripes he did not like at all
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Zebra	Zebra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Leopard	Leopard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
12	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	stripes	stripe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
15	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	acl:relcl	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | past · passive | the Leopard | the Zebra |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | past | the Zebra | stripes |  |  | then |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stripe=Stimulus |
| 3 | **not** **like** | past · do-support | Zebra | stripes *not said here* |  | all |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot stripe=Theme |

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