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title: Select the response that most accurately characterises the condition… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response that most accurately characterises the condition of the Leopard and the hunter subsequent to their diet of rats, beetles and rock-rabbits. Exam question 3 of lesson 77 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got his Spots, part 1 (the game goes into the forest)» of
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# Exam question 3 · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got…

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Select the response that most accurately characterises the condition of the Leopard and the hunter subsequent to their diet of rats, beetles and rock-rabbits.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, most · **What happens:** select, characteris, condition · **To what, where:** response, condition, Leopard

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:e3:1
# text = Select the response that most accurately characterises the condition of the Leopard and the hunter subsequent to their diet of rats, beetles and rock-rabbits.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	nsubj	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Leopard	Leopard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	hunter	hunter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	subsequent	subsequent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	diet	diet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	rats	rat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	beetles	beetle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	conj	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
25	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present | most | the condition of the Leopard and the hunter subsequent |  |  |  | to condition's diet of rats and beetles and rock rabbits | tree rules |
| 3 | **condition** |  |  | the Leopard |  |  |  |  | nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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They suffered the Big Tummy-ache together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:e3:o1:1
# text = They suffered the Big Tummy-ache together
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	suffered	suffer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	Big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	Tummy	Tummy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	ache	ache	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
8	together	together	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suffer** | past | They | the Big Tummy ache |  |  |  | together *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ache=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They were restored to vigour and strength

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:e3:o2:1
# text = They were restored to vigour and strength
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	restored	restore	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	vigour	vigour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **restore** | past · passive |  | They | vigour and strength |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to vigour=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They were rendered entirely invisible

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:e3:o3:1
# text = They were rendered entirely invisible
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	rendered	render	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	invisible	invisible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | past · passive |  | They |  |  |  | invisible *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They acquired spots and stripes forthwith

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:e3:o4:1
# text = They acquired spots and stripes forthwith
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	acquired	acquire	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	stripes	stripe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	forthwith	forthwith	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **acquire** | past | They | spots and stripes |  |  |  | forthwith *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset spot=Theme |

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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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