--- title: In the Camel story the animals held "a palaver" about the idle Camel… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4:… · tree and pragmatics description: In the Camel story the animals held "a palaver" about the idle Camel. In this story, who is asked for advice? Test 8 · ★ 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 d --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/77-justso-leopard-spots-1/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/77-justso-leopard-spots-1/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got… In the Camel story the animals held "a palaver" about the idle Camel. In this story, who is asked for advice? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** animals · **What happens:** hold, ask · **To what, where:** palaver, story This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In the Camel story the animals held "a palaver" about the idle Camel. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t8:1 # text = In the Camel story the animals held "a palaver" about the idle Camel. 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 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 palaver palaver NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 12 about about ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 idle idle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 Camel camel NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | participle | the animals *not said here* | a palaver about the idle Camel | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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:* In this story, who is asked for advice? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t8:2 # text = In this story, who is asked for advice? 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 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present · passive | | | | this story | | for advice | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The Man ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t8:o1:1 # text = The Man 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Baviaan the Baboon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t8:o2:1 # text = Baviaan the Baboon 1 Baviaan Baviaan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Baboon Baboon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The 'Stute Fish ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t8:o3:1 # text = The 'Stute Fish 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 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} The Djinn of All Deserts ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t8:o4:1 # text = The Djinn of All Deserts 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Djinn Djinn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 Deserts Desert PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` 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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