--- title: In the Whale story the clever helper was a little fish. Who helps th… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4:… · tree and pragmatics description: In the Whale story the clever helper was a little fish. Who helps the Leopard by explaining the riddle in the end? Test 11 · ★★ 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 prim --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/78-justso-leopard-spots-2/t11/) [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/78-justso-leopard-spots-2/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got… In the Whale story the clever helper was a little fish. Who helps the Leopard by explaining the riddle in the end? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** clever helper · **What happens:** be, help, explain · **To what, where:** little fish, Whale story, Leopard, riddle, end This is test 11 · ★★ 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. 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In the Whale story the clever helper was a little fish. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t11:1 # text = In the Whale story the clever helper was a little fish. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 Whale whale NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 helper helper NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the clever helper | a little fish | | the Whale story | | | tree rules | 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:* Who helps the Leopard by explaining the riddle in the end? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t11:2 # text = Who helps the Leopard by explaining the riddle in the end? 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 2 nsubj _ _ 2 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Leopard Leopard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 by by SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 explaining explain VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 riddle riddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present | | | the Leopard | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leopard=Beneficiary | | 2 | **explain** *speech: assert* | gerund | | the riddle | | | in the end | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent riddle=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The Baboon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t11:o1:1 # text = The Baboon 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Baboon Baboon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The Tortoise who lived by the river ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t11:o2:1 # text = The Tortoise who lived by the river 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Tortoise tortoise NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | the Tortoise | | | | | by the river | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by river=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} The little fish from the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t11:o3:1 # text = The little fish from the sea 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The hunter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t11:o4:1 # text = The hunter 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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