--- title: In The Jungle Book the snake Kaa hypnotises Mowgli with swirling eye… — Myths and cartoons put right: Tom and… · tree and pragmatics description: In The Jungle Book the snake Kaa hypnotises Mowgli with swirling eyes. What is true? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 191 «Myths and cartoons put right: Tom and Jerry, elephants and mice, ostriches and more» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right/t11/) [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/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Myths and cartoons put right: Tom and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · Myths and cartoons put right: Tom and Jerry, elephants and… In The Jungle Book the snake Kaa hypnotises Mowgli with swirling eyes. What is true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** snake · **What happens:** hypnotis, swirl, be · **To what, where:** Mowgli, Jungle Book This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 191 «Myths and cartoons put right: Tom and Jerry, elephants and mice, ostriches and more» 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/191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In The Jungle Book the snake Kaa hypnotises Mowgli with swirling eyes. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right:t11:1 # text = In The Jungle Book the snake Kaa hypnotises Mowgli with swirling 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 8 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 Kaa Kaa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 8 hypnotises hypnotis VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 Mowgli Mowgli PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 swirling swirl VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 amod _ _ 12 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hypnotis** | present | the snake | Mowgli | | the Jungle Book | | with swirling eyes | tree rules | | 2 | **swirl** | gerund | | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right:t11:2 # text = What is true? 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 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Snakes cannot hypnotise; they just cannot blink ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right:t11:o1:1 # text = Snakes cannot hypnotise; they just cannot blink 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 _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 7 just just ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 blink blink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **hypnotise** | can | Snakes | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **blink** | can | Snakes *= snake* | | | | | | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Only big snakes can hypnotise ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right:t11:o2:1 # text = Only big snakes can hypnotise 1 Only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 hypnotise hypnotise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hypnotise** | can | big snakes | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Snakes hypnotise with their tongues ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right:t11:o3:1 # text = Snakes hypnotise with their tongues 1 Snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hypnotise hypnotise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 tongues tongue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hypnotise** | present | Snakes | | | | | with Snakes's tongues | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Real pythons hypnotise children ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right:t11:o4:1 # text = Real pythons hypnotise children 1 Real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 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 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hypnotise** | present | Real pythons | children | | | | | tree rules | **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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