--- title: Looking back: who in Kipling's book is called a «Tidy Pachyderm» who… — Just So Stories, The Crab that Played… · tree and pragmatics description: Looking back: who in Kipling's book is called a «Tidy Pachyderm» who picked up melon rinds? Test 12 · ★★ of lesson 92 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 3: the Moon pulls the sea, and how tides really work» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/t12/) [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, The Crab that Played…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★★ · Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 3… Looking back: who in Kipling's book is called a «Tidy Pachyderm» who picked up melon rinds? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Looking · **What happens:** look back, call, pick up · **To what, where:** melon rinds · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 92 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 3: the Moon pulls the sea, and how tides really work» 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/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea:t12:1 # text = Looking back: who in Kipling's book is called a «Tidy Pachyderm» who picked up melon rinds? 1 Looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 csubj:pass _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 1 obl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 Kipling Kipling PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 « « PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Tidy tidy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 Pachyderm Pachyderm PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 picked pick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 melon melon NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 rinds rind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **call** *speech: assert* | present · passive | Looking | | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V» | | 3 | **pick up** | past | | melon rinds | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rind=Topic | 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 Cat who Walked by Himself ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea:t12:o1:1 # text = The Cat who Walked by Himself 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 Walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past | the Cat | | | | | by Cat | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by himself=Trajectory | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The Elephant's Child ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea:t12:o2:1 # text = The Elephant's Child 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 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} The Crocodile of the river ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea:t12:o3:1 # text = The Crocodile of the river 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Crocodile Crocodile PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Rikki-tikki-tavi ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea:t12:o4:1 # text = Rikki-tikki-tavi 1 Rikki Rikki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 tikki tikki NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 tavi tavi X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ _ ``` 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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