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title: Looking back: the Elephant's Child asked many questions. Who sent hi… — Just So Stories, The Beginning of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: the Elephant's Child asked many questions. Who sent him to the Limpopo to find out? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 82 «Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 1: Painted Jaguar and the muddled advice» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Test 13 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 1:…

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Looking back: the Elephant's Child asked many questions. Who sent him to the Limpopo to find out?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Child · **What happens:** look back, ask, send, find out · **To what, where:** many questions, Child, Limpopo

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 82 «Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 1: Painted Jaguar and the muddled advice» 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/82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar/#t13).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: the Elephant's Child asked many questions.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t13:1
# text = Looking back: the Elephant's Child asked many questions.
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
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	8	nsubj	_	_
8	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	questions	question	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund | the Elephant's Child *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the Elephant's Child | many questions |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient |

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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:* Who sent him to the Limpopo to find out?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t13:2
# text = Who sent him to the Limpopo to find out?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Limpopo	limpopo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past |  | Child |  | the Limpopo |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to limpopo=Destination |
| 2 | **find out** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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His Great-Grandfather, the Crocodile, who sent him from the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t13:o1:1
# text = His Great-Grandfather, the Crocodile, who sent him from the sea
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
2	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Crocodile	Crocodile	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | His Great Grandfather | Crocodile |  | the sea |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent he=Theme from sea=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Kolokolo Bird

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t13:o2:1
# text = Kolokolo Bird
1	Kolokolo	Kolokolo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Bird	Bird	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake, who lived near the river

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t13:o3:1
# text = The Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake, who lived near the river
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
2	Bi	bi	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Coloured	coloured	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Python	python	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	near	near	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | the Bi Coloured Rock Snake |  |  | the river |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near river=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Ethiopian bird

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t13:o4:1
# text = Ethiopian bird
1	Ethiopian	ethiopian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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