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title: What would have happened if the Giraffe and the Zebra had stayed on… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4:… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would have happened if the Giraffe and the Zebra had stayed on the bare High Veldt? Test 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, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Test 3 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got…

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What would have happened if the Giraffe and the Zebra had stayed on the bare High Veldt?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Giraffe · **What happens:** happen, stay · **To what, where:** bare High Veldt

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This is test 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. 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t3:1
# text = What would have happened if the Giraffe and the Zebra had stayed on the bare High Veldt?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	happened	happen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Giraffe	Giraffe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Zebra	Zebra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	stayed	stay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	High	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	Veldt	Veldt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would · perfect |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stay** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | the Giraffe and the Zebra |  |  | the bare High Veldt |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on veldt=Location |

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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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Baviaan would have hidden them under his arms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t3:o1:1
# text = Baviaan would have hidden them under his arms
1	Baviaan	Baviaan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | would · perfect · passive |  | Baviaan |  | Baviaan's arms |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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They would have stayed easy to find and catch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t3:o2:1
# text = They would have stayed easy to find and catch
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	stayed	stay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | would · perfect | They |  |  |  |  | easy *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **catch** | infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Leopard would have gone to the forest alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t3:o3:1
# text = The Leopard would have gone to the forest alone
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Leopard	Leopard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | would · perfect | the Leopard |  |  | the forest |  | alone *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to forest=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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They would have turned spotty and stripy anyway

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t3:o4:1
# text = They would have turned spotty and stripy anyway
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	spotty	spotty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	stripy	stripy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | would · perfect | They |  |  |  |  | anyway, spotty *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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