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title: Looking back: how did the Rhinoceros get the folds in his skin? — Just So Stories, The Beginning of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: how did the Rhinoceros get the folds in his skin? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 83 «Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 2: swimming lessons, curling lessons, and a new name» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 11 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 2:…

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Looking back: how did the Rhinoceros get the folds in his skin?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Rhinoceros · **What happens:** look back, do, get · **To what, where:** folds, skin

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 83 «Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 2: swimming lessons, curling lessons, and a new name» 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/83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo:t11:1
# text = Looking back: how did the Rhinoceros get the folds in his skin?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Rhinoceros	Rhinoceros	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	folds	fold	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	in	in	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	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **get** | present | the Rhinoceros | the folds |  | Rhinoceros's skin |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fold=Stimulus |

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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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He was born with them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo:t11:o1:1
# text = He was born with them
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  | with them *= they* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A Parsee's cake-crumbs made him rub against trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo:t11:o2:1
# text = A Parsee's cake-crumbs made him rub against trees
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Parsee	Parsee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	rub	rub	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	against	against	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | a Parsee's cake crumbs | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **rub** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  | trees |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme against tree=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He was bitten by a snake in the forest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo:t11:o3:1
# text = He was bitten by a snake in the forest
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	bitten	bite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:agent	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | past · passive | a snake | He |  | the forest |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent subject=Patient in forest=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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He rubbed against a palm-tree because of cake-crumbs inside his skin

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo:t11:o4:1
# text = He rubbed against a palm-tree because of cake-crumbs inside his skin
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rubbed	rub	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	against	against	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	palm	palm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	12	case	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
13	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub** | past | He |  |  | his skin |  | against a palm tree; because cake crumbs | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent against tree=Destination |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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