--- title: Old Texas rancher: "Them critters skedaddled to the woods, and that… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4:… · tree and pragmatics description: Old Texas rancher: "Them critters skedaddled to the woods, and that big cat was plumb out of luck." ("skedaddled" = ran off, "plumb" = totally.) Which animal led them? 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Which animal led them? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Old Texas rancher, big cat, animal · **What happens:** skedaddle, be, run off, lead · **To what, where:** woods, luck, plumb, critters This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Old Texas rancher: "Them critters skedaddled to the woods, and that big cat was plumb out of luck." ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t13:1 # text = Old Texas rancher: "Them critters skedaddled to the woods, and that big cat was plumb out of luck." 1 Old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 Texas Texas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 rancher rancher NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:outer _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Them them DET DT PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 critters critter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 skedaddled skedaddle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 woods wood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 15 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 plumb plumb ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 parataxis _ _ 19 out out ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **skedaddle** *in a quote* | past | Old Texas rancher | | | the woods | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to wood=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | that big cat | | | luck | | plumb *property* | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* ("skedaddled" = ran off, "plumb" = totally.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t13:2 # text = ("skedaddled" = ran off, "plumb" = totally.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 skedaddled skedaddle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 5 = = SYM SYM _ 6 punct _ _ 6 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 off off ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 plumb plumb NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 12 = = SYM SYM _ 13 punct _ _ 13 totally totally ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **skedaddle** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **run off** | past | | plumb | | | | totally *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | *Sentence 3:* Which animal led them? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t13:3 # text = Which animal led them? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | past | which animal | critters *= critter* | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The striped Zebra ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t13:o1:1 # text = The striped Zebra 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 striped striped ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Zebra Zebra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The big Eland ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t13:o2:1 # text = The big Eland 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Eland Eland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The Koodoo with wavy lines ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t13:o3:1 # text = The Koodoo with wavy lines 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Koodoo Koodoo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 wavy wavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 lines line NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The Giraffe ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t13:o4:1 # text = The Giraffe 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Giraffe Giraffe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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