--- title: In which TWO stories so far did the animal ask for his change himself? — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 6:… · tree and pragmatics description: In which TWO stories so far did the animal ask for his change himself? Test 8 · ★★ 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 option; Mova's c --- [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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 6: The Sing-Song of Old… In which TWO stories so far did the animal ask for his change himself? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** animal · **What happens:** ask, change This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:t8:1 # text = In which TWO stories so far did the animal ask for his change himself? 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obl _ _ 3 TWO two PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 7 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · do-support | the animal | | | | | for animal's change animal | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **change** | | animal | | | | | | nom change «event intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 {#o1} The Elephant's Child and the Giraffe, who both begged for their changes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:t8:o1:1 # text = The Elephant's Child and the Giraffe, who both begged for their changes 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 11 nsubj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Giraffe Giraffe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 10 both both ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 changes change NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the Elephant's Child and the Giraffe | | | | | for Child's changes; both *property* | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for change=Topic | | 2 | **change** | | Child | | | | | | nom change «event intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} The Whale and the Leopard, who asked the gods to change them for their own good ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:t8:o2:1 # text = The Whale and the Leopard, who asked the gods to change them for their own good 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 Leopard Leopard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 for for 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 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the Whale and the Leopard | | the gods | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent god=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **change** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Whale and the Leopard *not said here* | gods *= god* | | | | for Whale's own good | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme for good=Co-Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} The Camel and the Elephant's Child ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:t8:o3:1 # text = The Camel and the Elephant's Child 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Camel camel NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Elephant Elephant PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 Child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The Leopard and Old Man Kangaroo ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:81-justso-old-man-kangaroo:t8:o4:1 # text = The Leopard and Old Man Kangaroo 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Leopard Leopard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 Old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 Man Man PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ _ 6 Kangaroo Kangaroo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` 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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