Exam question 4 · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got…

State, in accordance with established zoology, the correct designation of the markings upon the coat of a leopard.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: establish, designate · To what, where: markings

This is exam question 4 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, asked in stiff, formal language. 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 accordance	punct
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 accordance	case
4	accordance	accordance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	appos
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 zoology	case
6	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 zoology	amod
7	zoology	zoology	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accordance	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 designation	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 designation	det
10	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 designation	amod
11	designation	designation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 zoology	appos
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 markings	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 markings	det
14	markings	marking	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 designation	nmod
15	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 coat	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 coat	det
17	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 markings	nmod
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 leopard	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 leopard	det
20	leopard	leopard	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 coat	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
2	designate			the markings upon the coat of a leopard					nom designation «communication transitive»: of=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Stripes, long dark lines running down the fur

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stripes	stripe	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 lines	punct
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lines	amod
4	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lines	amod
5	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Stripes	conj
6	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 lines	acl
7	down	down	ADP	_	9 fur	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fur	det
9	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 running	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run down	gerund	long dark lines not said here	the fur					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme fur=Trajectory

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Rosettes, ring-shaped clusters of dark spots

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rosettes	rosette	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 clusters	punct
3	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shaped	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 shaped	punct
5	shaped	shape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 clusters	amod
6	clusters	cluster	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Rosettes	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 spots	case
8	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 spots	amod
9	spots	spot	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 clusters	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shape	participle							vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 3

Pebbles, round grey marks set in fur

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pebbles	pebble	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 set	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 marks	punct
3	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 marks	amod
4	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 marks	amod
5	marks	mark	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Pebbles	conj
6	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 fur	case
8	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 set	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	present	Pebbles and round grey marks			fur			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in fur=Destination

Option 4

Rosettes, which are the large stripes of fur that cover the whole leopard coat and tail from head to toe

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rosettes	rosette	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 stripes	punct
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 stripes	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 stripes	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stripes	det
6	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stripes	amod
7	stripes	stripe	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Rosettes	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 fur	case
9	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stripes	nmod
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 cover	nsubj
11	cover	cover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 stripes	acl:relcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 coat	det
13	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 coat	amod
14	leopard	leopard	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 coat	compound
15	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cover	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 tail	cc
17	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 coat	conj
18	from	from	ADP	_	19 head	case
19	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cover	obl
20	to	to	ADP	_	21 toe	case
21	toe	toe	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cover	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Rosettes and the large stripes	the large stripes				of fur	tree rules
2	cover	present	the large stripes	the whole leopard coat and tail		head		to toe	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme coat=Destination

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. Elamur Cosmic License.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/78-justso-leopard-spots-2/e4/