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title: True or false: the Leopard and the hunter could not find the animals… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4:… · tree and pragmatics
description: True or false: the Leopard and the hunter could not find the animals in the forest because they had forgotten their smell. Test 4 · ★ 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 schoo
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# Test 4 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got…

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True or false: the Leopard and the hunter could not find the animals in the forest because they had forgotten their smell.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Leopard · **What happens:** not find, forget, smell · **To what, where:** animals, forest, smell

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t4:1
# text = True or false: the Leopard and the hunter could not find the animals in the forest because they had forgotten their smell.
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	advcl	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Leopard	Leopard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hunter	hunter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
18	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
19	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
20	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
21	forgotten	forget	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
22	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **find** | could | the Leopard and the hunter | the animals |  | the forest |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Topic |
| 2 | **forget** | past · perfect | Leopard | Leopard's smell |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **smell** |  | Leopard |  |  |  |  |  | nom smell «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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False: they could see them clearly but could not catch them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t4:o1:1
# text = False: they could see them clearly but could not catch them
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	clearly	clearly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | could | they | them *= they* |  |  |  | clearly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |
| 2 | **not** **catch** | could | they *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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

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False: they could smell and hear them, but not see them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t4:o2:1
# text = False: they could smell and hear them, but not see them
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	smell	smell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** | could | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hear** | infinitive | they *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |
| 3 | **not** **see** | infinitive | they *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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True: they had been away so long they forgot their smell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t4:o3:1
# text = True: they had been away so long they forgot their smell
1	True	true	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:outer	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past · perfect | they |  |  |  |  | away *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **forget** | past | True | their smell |  |  |  | long *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **smell** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom smell «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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True: the forest smelt too strongly of the dark trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t4:o4:1
# text = True: the forest smelt too strongly of the dark trees
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	smelt	smelt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	strongly	strongly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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