--- title: Sam, Scouse: "Leopard's spots are boss, la, he can lie on a path an'… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4:… · tree and pragmatics description: Sam, Scouse: "Leopard's spots are boss, la, he can lie on a path an' look like nothin'." ("boss" = great, "la" = mate.) What does the hunter say he can look like on a path? Test 13 · ★★ of lesson 78 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got his Spots, part 2 (One, two, three, and wh --- [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/t13/) [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/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got… Sam, Scouse: "Leopard's spots are boss, la, he can lie on a path an' look like nothin'." ("boss" = great, "la" = mate.) What does the hunter say he can look like on a path? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** spots, Sam Scouse, hunter · **What happens:** be, lie, say, look · **To what, where:** boss, look, path · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 13 · ★★ 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/#t13). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Sam, Scouse: "Leopard's spots are boss, la, he can lie on a path an' look like nothin'." ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t13:1 # text = Sam, Scouse: "Leopard's spots are boss, la, he can lie on a path an' look like nothin'." 1 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Scouse scouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Leopard Leopard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 spots spot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 boss boss NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 la la X FW Foreign=Yes 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ _ 22 look look NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 23 like like ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 nothin nothin NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Leopard's spots | boss | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **lie** *in a quote* | can | Sam Scouse | a look like nothin | | a path | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on path=Location | 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:* ("boss" = great, "la" = mate.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t13:2 # text = ("boss" = great, "la" = mate.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 boss boss NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 5 = = SYM SYM _ 6 punct _ _ 6 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 la la NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 11 = = SYM SYM _ 12 punct _ _ 12 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 3:* What does the hunter say he can look like on a path? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t13:3 # text = What does the hunter say he can look like on a path? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 9 like like ADP IN _ 8 obl _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | the hunter | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **look** | can | hunter | | | | | on a path | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on path=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} A dry tree stump ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t13:o1:1 # text = A dry tree stump 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 stump stump NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A pile of leaves ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t13:o2:1 # text = A pile of leaves 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pile pile NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} A bright yellow flower growing beside the path in the sunlight of the late afternoon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t13:o3:1 # text = A bright yellow flower growing beside the path in the sunlight of the late afternoon 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 growing grow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 beside beside ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sunlight sunlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 afternoon afternoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | gerund | a bright yellow flower *not said here* | | | the path | | in the sunlight of the late afternoon | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside path=Location | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Nothing in particular ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t13:o4:1 # text = Nothing in particular 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 particular particular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 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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