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title: Zayn, London: "Zebra just went 'one, two, three' and dipped, bare jo… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Zayn, London: "Zebra just went 'one, two, three' and dipped, bare jokes." ("dipped" = left quickly, "bare" = very, a lot of.) Where did he hide? Test 2 · ★★ 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 th
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got…

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Zayn, London: "Zebra just went 'one, two, three' and dipped, bare jokes." ("dipped" = left quickly, "bare" = very, a lot of.) Where did he hide?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Zebra · **What happens:** go, dip, leave, hide · **To what, where:** one, bare jokes

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Zayn, London: "Zebra just went 'one, two, three' and dipped, bare jokes."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t2:1
# text = Zayn, London: "Zebra just went 'one, two, three' and dipped, bare jokes."
1	Zayn	Zayn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Zebra	Zebra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
9	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	'	'	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	dipped	dip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	jokes	joke	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	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 | **go** *in a quote* | past | Zebra | one and three ' |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **dip** *in a quote* | past | Zebra *not said here* | bare jokes |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* ("dipped" = left quickly, "bare" = very, a lot of.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t2:2
# text = ("dipped" = left quickly, "bare" = very, a lot of.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	dipped	dip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	6	punct	_	_
6	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
7	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	16	punct	_	_
13	very	very	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dip** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | of a lot | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme of lot=Location |
| 2 | **leave** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* Where did he hide?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t2:3
# text = Where did he hide?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past · do-support | Zebra |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Beside the waterhole in the long grass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t2:o1:1
# text = Beside the waterhole in the long grass
1	Beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	waterhole	waterhole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Among little thorn-bushes in stripy sunlight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t2:o2:1
# text = Among little thorn-bushes in stripy sunlight
1	Among	among	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	thorn	thorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	bushes	bush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	stripy	stripy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hiding in the deep forest among the tall trees where the shadows fall all blotchy and dark at dusk

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t2:o3:1
# text = Hiding in the deep forest among the tall trees where the shadows fall all blotchy and dark at dusk
1	Hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	among	among	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
10	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	13	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	shadows	shadow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	fall	fall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
14	all	all	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	blotchy	blotchy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	advcl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	conj	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	dusk	dusk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | gerund |  |  |  | the deep forest | dusk | among the tall trees | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in forest=Location |
| 2 | **fall** | present | the shadows |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Under the tall trees in blotchy shadow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t2:o4:1
# text = Under the tall trees in blotchy shadow
1	Under	under	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	blotchy	blotchy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	shadow	shadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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