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title: In the Camel story the animals had to change because they were lazy… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4:… · tree and pragmatics
description: In the Camel story the animals had to change because they were lazy or greedy. In this story, why do the Giraffe and Zebra change? Test 10 · ★ 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 prim
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# Test 10 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got…

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In the Camel story the animals had to change because they were lazy or greedy. In this story, why do the Giraffe and Zebra change?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** animals · **What happens:** have, change, be, do · **To what, where:** Camel story, Giraffe change, story

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This is test 10 · ★ 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. 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In the Camel story the animals had to change because they were lazy or greedy.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t10:1
# text = In the Camel story the animals had to change because they were lazy or greedy.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	ccomp	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	greedy	greedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the animals |  |  | the Camel story |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **change** | to-infinitive | the animals *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past | animals *= animal* |  |  |  |  | lazy *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** |  | animals *= animal* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* In this story, why do the Giraffe and Zebra change?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t10:2
# text = In this story, why do the Giraffe and Zebra change?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	Giraffe	Giraffe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	Zebra	Zebra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | the Giraffe change |  | this story |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent change=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Because they stole a cake from a Parsee

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t10:o1:1
# text = Because they stole a cake from a Parsee
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Parsee	Parsee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past | they | a cake |  | a Parsee |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent cake=Theme from parsee=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Because they asked too many questions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t10:o2:1
# text = Because they asked too many questions
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	questions	question	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | they | many questions |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient |

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

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To hide from the animals that hunted them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t10:o3:1
# text = To hide from the animals that hunted them
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	hunted	hunt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | from the animals | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from animal=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **hunt** | past | the animals | animals *= animal* |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because they were idle and would not work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t10:o4:1
# text = Because they were idle and would not work
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	idle	idle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | they |  |  |  |  | idle *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **work** | would | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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