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title: Identify the animal which, according to the narrative, initiated the… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the animal which, according to the narrative, initiated the departure from the High Veldt, together with the reason stated. Exam question 1 of lesson 77 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got his Spots, part 1 (the game goes into the forest)» of the books course of Mova'
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# Exam question 1 · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got…

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Identify the animal which, according to the narrative, initiated the departure from the High Veldt, together with the reason stated.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, narrative · **What happens:** identify, accord, initiate, state · **To what, where:** animal, departure, High Veldt

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 77 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got his Spots, part 1 (the game goes into the forest)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/77-justso-leopard-spots-1/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:e1:1
# text = Identify the animal which, according to the narrative, initiated the departure from the High Veldt, together with the reason stated.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	case	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	initiated	initiate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	High	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	Veldt	Veldt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	together	together	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
20	with	with	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
23	stated	state	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the animal |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **initiate** | participle | the narrative *not said here* | the departure |  | the High Veldt |  | with the reason; together *property* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent departure=Patient with reason=Instrument |
| 4 | **state** *speech: other* | past | the narrative |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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The Eland, his fear being the strongest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:e1:o1:1
# text = The Eland, his fear being the strongest
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Eland	Eland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	strongest	strong	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund | the Eland |  |  |  |  | strong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fear** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Zebra, his speed being the greatest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:e1:o2:1
# text = The Zebra, his speed being the greatest
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Zebra	Zebra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund | the Zebra |  |  |  |  | great *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The Giraffe, his legs being the longest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:e1:o3:1
# text = The Giraffe, his legs being the longest
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Giraffe	Giraffe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	longest	long	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund | the Giraffe and his legs |  |  |  |  | long *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Leopard, his hunger being the sharpest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:e1:o4:1
# text = The Leopard, his hunger being the sharpest
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Leopard	Leopard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	hunger	hunger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sharpest	sharp	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund | the Leopard |  |  |  |  | sharp *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hunger** |  | Leopard |  |  |  |  |  | nom hunger «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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