--- title: Lola, Australia: "The Leopard and that bloke were starvin', reckon t… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4:… · tree and pragmatics description: Lola, Australia: "The Leopard and that bloke were starvin', reckon they'd eat a servo pie." ("servo" = petrol station.) What did they really eat? 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What did they really eat? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Lola, Leopard · **What happens:** starvin, eat, do · **To what, where:** servo pie This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Lola, Australia: "The Leopard and that bloke were starvin', reckon they'd eat a servo pie." ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t9:1 # text = Lola, Australia: "The Leopard and that bloke were starvin', reckon they'd eat a servo pie." 1 Lola Lola PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 Australia Australia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Leopard Leopard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 bloke bloke NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 starvin starvin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ', ', PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 14 reckon reckon AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 servo servo NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 pie pie NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **starvin** *in a quote* | past · progressive | Lola and Australia | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **eat** *in a quote* | would · present | Leopard | a servo pie | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pie=Patient | 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:* ("servo" = petrol station.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t9:2 # text = ("servo" = petrol station.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 servo servo NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 5 = = SYM SYM _ 7 punct _ _ 6 petrol petrol NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 station station NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 3:* What did they really eat? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t9:3 # text = What did they really eat? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **eat** | present | Lola | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Every fish in the whole sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t9:o1:1 # text = Every fish in the whole sea 1 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Rats, beetles and rock-rabbits ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t9:o2:1 # text = Rats, beetles and rock-rabbits 1 Rats rat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 beetles beetle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 rabbits rabbit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Thorns and milkweed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t9:o3:1 # text = Thorns and milkweed 1 Thorns thorn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 milkweed milkweed NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A cake as big as a table ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:77-justso-leopard-spots-1:t9:o4:1 # text = A cake as big as a table 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 as as ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` 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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