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# Test 11 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got…

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Which earlier helper in the book is most like Baviaan, a clever creature who gives a tricky answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Baviaan, earlier helper, clever creature · **What happens:** helper, be, give · **To what, where:** book, tricky answer

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t11:1
# text = Which earlier helper in the book is most like Baviaan, a clever creature who gives a tricky answer?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	earlier	early	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	helper	helper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	10	advmod	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Baviaan	Baviaan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
15	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
16	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	tricky	tricky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **helper** |  | Baviaan |  |  | the book |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | earlier helper |  |  |  |  | like Baviaan | tree rules |
| 3 | **give** | present | a clever creature | a tricky answer |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme |

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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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The Rhino, who came down to the beach with few manners

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t11:o1:1
# text = The Rhino, who came down to the beach with few manners
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Rhino	Rhino	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	down	down	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	manners	manners	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come down** | past | the Rhino |  |  | the beach with few manners |  | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to beach=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Horse, who went and told the Man about the Camel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t11:o2:1
# text = The Horse, who went and told the Man about the Camel
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | the Horse |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the Horse *not said here* |  | the Man |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent man=Recipient about camel=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Ox, who came with the yoke on his neck to plough

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t11:o3:1
# text = The Ox, who came with the yoke on his neck to plough
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Ox	ox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	yoke	yoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	plough	plough	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the Ox |  |  | Ox's neck |  | with the yoke | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on neck=Location |
| 2 | **plough** | to-infinitive | the Ox *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

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

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The 'Stute Fish, who sent the Whale to find a man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t11:o4:1
# text = The 'Stute Fish, who sent the Whale to find a man
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Stute	Stute	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Fish	Fish	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past |  | the Stute Fish |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whale=Theme |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive |  | a man |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Topic |

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