--- title: Mum, cross: "Where's your breakfast? I'll tell you where, it's in th… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4:… · tree and pragmatics description: Mum, cross: "Where's your breakfast? I'll tell you where, it's in the bin cos you were late." Which animals in the story teased the hunters with "where's your breakfast?" Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 78 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got his Spots, part 2 (One, two, three, and where --- [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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got… Mum, cross: "Where's your breakfast? I'll tell you where, it's in the bin cos you were late." Which animals in the story teased the hunters with "where's your breakfast?" **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** breakfast, I, you, animals · **What happens:** be, tell, tease · **To what, where:** you, bin, hunters · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mum, cross: "Where's your breakfast? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t8:1 # text = Mum, cross: "Where's your breakfast? 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 cross cross NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 8 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 breakfast breakfast NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | your breakfast | | | | | where *property* | 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:* I'll tell you where, it's in the bin cos you were late." ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t8:2 # text = I'll tell you where, it's in the bin cos you were late." 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 bin bin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 12 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 late late ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | future | I | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | present | breakfast | | | the bin | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | you | | | | | late *property* | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* Which animals in the story teased the hunters with "where's your breakfast?" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t8:3 # text = Which animals in the story teased the hunters with "where's your breakfast?" 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 teased tease VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hunters hunter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 breakfast breakfast NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tease** | past | which animals in the story | the hunters | | | | | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hunter=Patient | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | with your breakfast | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The Baboon and the Camel ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t8:o1:1 # text = The Baboon and the Camel 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Baboon Baboon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Camel camel NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The Rhino and the Whale ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t8:o2:1 # text = The Rhino and the Whale 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Rhino Rhino PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Whale whale NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The Zebra and the Giraffe ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t8:o3:1 # text = The Zebra and the Giraffe 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Zebra Zebra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Giraffe Giraffe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The Leopard ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:78-justso-leopard-spots-2:t8:o4:1 # text = The Leopard 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Leopard Leopard PROPN NNP 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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