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title: In The Jungle Book, Kaa the python hypnotises Mowgli with spinning e… — Kung Fu Panda: real mantises, snakes a… · tree and pragmatics
description: In The Jungle Book, Kaa the python hypnotises Mowgli with spinning eyes. What is real? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 137 «Kung Fu Panda: real mantises, snakes and monkeys» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice
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# Test 4 · ★ · Kung Fu Panda: real mantises, snakes and monkeys

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In The Jungle Book, Kaa the python hypnotises Mowgli with spinning eyes. What is real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Kaa · **What happens:** hypnotis, spin, be · **To what, where:** Mowgli, Jungle Book

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 137 «Kung Fu Panda: real mantises, snakes and monkeys» of the biology 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/biology/137-kung-fu-panda-real-mantises-snakes-and-monkeys/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In The Jungle Book, Kaa the python hypnotises Mowgli with spinning eyes.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:137-kung-fu-panda-real-mantises-snakes-and-monkeys:t4:1
# text = In The Jungle Book, Kaa the python hypnotises Mowgli with spinning eyes.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Jungle	Jungle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Book	Book	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	Kaa	Kaa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	python	python	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
9	hypnotises	hypnotis	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	spinning	spin	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	amod	_	_
13	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hypnotis** | present | Kaa | Mowgli |  | the Jungle Book |  | with spinning eyes | tree rules |
| 2 | **spin** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is real?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:137-kung-fu-panda-real-mantises-snakes-and-monkeys:t4:2
# text = What is real?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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All pythons hypnotise their prey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:137-kung-fu-panda-real-mantises-snakes-and-monkeys:t4:o1:1
# text = All pythons hypnotise their prey
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	pythons	python	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hypnotise	hypnotise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	prey	prey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hypnotise** | present | all pythons | pythons's prey |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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Snakes cannot hypnotise anyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:137-kung-fu-panda-real-mantises-snakes-and-monkeys:t4:o2:1
# text = Snakes cannot hypnotise anyone
1	Snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	hypnotise	hypnotise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hypnotise** | can | Snakes | anyone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Kaa's eyes really glow in the dark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:137-kung-fu-panda-real-mantises-snakes-and-monkeys:t4:o3:1
# text = Kaa's eyes really glow in the dark
1	Kaa	Kaa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	glow	glow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glow** | present | Kaa's eyes |  |  | the dark |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Snakes can hypnotise only children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:137-kung-fu-panda-real-mantises-snakes-and-monkeys:t4:o4:1
# text = Snakes can hypnotise only children
1	Snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	hypnotise	hypnotise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hypnotise** | can | Snakes | children |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**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.

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