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title: Aussie uncle: "Leopard and Zebra, sittin' on 'em all arvo? Nah mate,… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Aussie uncle: "Leopard and Zebra, sittin' on 'em all arvo? Nah mate, all night." ("arvo" = afternoon.) Till when did they sit on them? Test 5 · ★★ 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 co
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got…

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Aussie uncle: "Leopard and Zebra, sittin' on 'em all arvo? Nah mate, all night." ("arvo" = afternoon.) Till when did they sit on them?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate · **What happens:** sit

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Aussie uncle: "Leopard and Zebra, sittin' on 'em all arvo?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t5:1
# text = Aussie uncle: "Leopard and Zebra, sittin' on 'em all arvo?
1	Aussie	aussie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Leopard	Leopard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	Zebra	Zebra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	sittin	sittin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	'em	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	arvo	arvo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Nah mate, all night."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t5:2
# text = Nah mate, all night."
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* ("arvo" = afternoon.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t5:3
# text = ("arvo" = afternoon.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	arvo	arvo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	6	punct	_	_
6	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 4:* Till when did they sit on them?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t5:4
# text = Till when did they sit on them?
1	Till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past · do-support | mate |  |  |  |  | on Leopard | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on they=Location |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Till bright morning-time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t5:o1:1
# text = Till bright morning-time
1	Till	till	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Till the sun went down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t5:o2:1
# text = Till the sun went down
1	Till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go down** | past | the sun |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Till the evening came

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t5:o3:1
# text = Till the evening came
1	Till	till	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past |  |  |  |  | evening |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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All afternoon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t5:o4:1
# text = All afternoon
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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