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title: True or false: real leopards have groups of exactly five spots, made… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4:… · tree and pragmatics
description: True or false: real leopards have groups of exactly five spots, made by fingertips. Test 7 · ★★ 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, with the dependency 
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got…

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True or false: real leopards have groups of exactly five spots, made by fingertips.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** real leopards · **What happens:** have, make · **To what, where:** groups, five spots

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t7:1
# text = True or false: real leopards have groups of exactly five spots, made by fingertips.
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	leopards	leopard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	groups	group	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	fingertips	fingertip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | real leopards | groups of five spots |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent group=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | five spots *not said here* |  |  |  | by fingertips | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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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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True: they get them later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t7:o1:1
# text = True: they get them later
1	True	true	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | they | True |  |  |  | late *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |

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

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False: they have rosettes, and they are born with them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t7:o2:1
# text = False: they have rosettes, and they are born with them
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	rosettes	rosette	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | they | rosettes |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rosette=Patient |
| 2 | **bear** | present · passive |  | rosettes *= rosette* |  |  |  | with them *= they* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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True: a leopard's spots are made by a hunter's fingers when he is grown, and each group has exactly five marks

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t7:o3:1
# text = True: a leopard's spots are made by a hunter's fingers when he is grown, and each group has exactly five marks
1	True	true	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	leopard	leopard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hunter	hunter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
14	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	17	advmod	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
20	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	21	det	_	_
21	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
22	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
23	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
24	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	25	nummod	_	_
25	marks	mark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive | a hunter's fingers | a leopard's spots |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product |
| 2 | **grow** | present · passive |  | leopard |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **have** | present | each group | five marks |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mark=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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False: they have blotches, and they grow them with age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t7:o4:1
# text = False: they have blotches, and they grow them with age
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	blotches	blotch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | they | blotches |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blotch=Patient |
| 2 | **grow** | present | blotches *= blotch* | them *= they* |  |  | with age |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Patient with age=Instrument |

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