--- title: The Leopard story had a puzzle-word, "spots". What is Kipling's word… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5:… · tree and pragmatics description: The Leopard story had a puzzle-word, "spots". What is Kipling's word game in "satiable curtiosity"? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 79 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child, part 1 (What does the Crocodile have for dinner?)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/79-justso-elephants-child-1/t9/) [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), 5:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/79-justso-elephants-child-1/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child… The Leopard story had a puzzle-word, "spots". What is Kipling's word game in "satiable curtiosity"? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Leopard story · **What happens:** have, be · **To what, where:** puzzle word, word game, satiable curtiosity This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 79 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elephant's Child, part 1 (What does the Crocodile have for dinner?)» 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/79-justso-elephants-child-1/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* The Leopard story had a puzzle-word, "spots". ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t9:1 # text = The Leopard story had a puzzle-word, "spots". 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Leopard Leopard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 puzzle puzzle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 spots spot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the Leopard story | a puzzle word | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | 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:* What is Kipling's word game in "satiable curtiosity"? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t9:2 # text = What is Kipling's word game in "satiable curtiosity"? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 Kipling Kipling PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 satiable satiable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 curtiosity curtiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | Kipling's word game | | satiable curtiosity | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Baby-talk for "insatiable curiosity" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t9:o1:1 # text = Baby-talk for "insatiable curiosity" 1 Baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 insatiable insatiable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 curiosity curiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Baby-talk for "insatiable curiosity", a sort of puzzle-word with the sound of the Leopard story's spots ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t9:o2:1 # text = Baby-talk for "insatiable curiosity", a sort of puzzle-word with the sound of the Leopard story's spots 1 Baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 insatiable insatiable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 curiosity curiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 puzzle puzzle NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 Leopard Leopard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 23 's 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 24 spots spot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sort** | | | puzzle word with the sound of the Leopard story's spots | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Baby-talk for "insatiable curiosity", which Kipling used to make the child sound young and silly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t9:o3:1 # text = Baby-talk for "insatiable curiosity", which Kipling used to make the child sound young and silly 1 Baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 insatiable insatiable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 curiosity curiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obj _ _ 11 Kipling Kipling PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 sound sound VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 18 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 xcomp _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | past | Kipling | Baby talk for insatiable curiosity | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent which=Theme clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | Kipling *not said here* | the child | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **sound** | infinitive | the child *not said here* | | | | | young *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} Baby-talk for insatiable sadness ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:79-justso-elephants-child-1:t9:o4:1 # text = Baby-talk for insatiable sadness 1 Baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 insatiable insatiable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 sadness sadness NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 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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