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title: Select the response that most accurately characterises the intended… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response that most accurately characterises the intended meaning of Baviaan's counsel to "go into other spots". Exam question 3 of lesson 78 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got his Spots, part 2 (One, two, three, and where's your breakfast?)» of the books course of 
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# Exam question 3 · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got…

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Select the response that most accurately characterises the intended meaning of Baviaan's counsel to "go into other spots".

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, most · **What happens:** select, characteris, intend, go, mean · **To what, where:** response, intended meaning, other spots, counsel

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 78 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got his Spots, part 2 (One, two, three, and where's your breakfast?)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/78-justso-leopard-spots-2/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:e3:1
# text = Select the response that most accurately characterises the intended meaning of Baviaan's counsel to "go into other spots".
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	nsubj	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	intended	intend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	Baviaan	Baviaan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	counsel	counsel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
16	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
18	into	into	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present | most | the intended meaning of Baviaan's counsel |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **intend** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **go** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | most *not said here* |  |  | other spots |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into spot=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **mean** |  |  | Baviaan's counsel |  |  |  |  | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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To travel far away from the High Veldt and find a new home in another country with other animals altogether

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:e3:o1:1
# text = To travel far away from the High Veldt and find a new home in another country with other animals altogether
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	travel	travel	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	High	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Veldt	Veldt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	16	det	_	_
16	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	_
20	altogether	altogether	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the High Veldt |  | altogether, away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from veldt=Trajectory |
| 2 | **find** | infinitive |  | a new home |  | another country with other animals |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To find a new river to drink from

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:e3:o2:1
# text = To find a new river to drink from
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | to-infinitive |  | a new river |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Topic |
| 2 | **drink** | to-infinitive |  | a new river *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To acquire spots upon the skin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:e3:o3:1
# text = To acquire spots upon the skin
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	acquire	acquire	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **acquire** | to-infinitive |  | spots |  |  |  | upon the skin | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset spot=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To go hunting in other places

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:e3:o4:1
# text = To go hunting in other places
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	hunting	hunt	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **hunt** | gerund |  |  |  | other places |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in place=Location |

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