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title: Under what rule was a disputed cub required to be spoken for before… — The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Under what rule was a disputed cub required to be spoken for before the Pack? Exam question 2 of lesson 601 «The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 2: a fight over the man-cub and a hearing at the Council Rock» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Exam question 2 · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 2: a fight over t…

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Under what rule was a disputed cub required to be spoken for before the Pack?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** dispute, be, require, speak · **To what, where:** disputed cub, rule · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 601 «The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 2: a fight over the man-cub and a hearing at the Council Rock» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/601-pg236-part2/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:601-pg236-part2:e2:1
# text = Under what rule was a disputed cub required to be spoken for before the Pack?
1	Under	under	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	disputed	dispute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	cub	cub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	xcomp	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	before	before	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Pack	pack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dispute** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | a disputed cub |  | rule |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **require** | participle |  | a disputed cub *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition |
| 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  | for the Pack | vn talk-37.5 «NP V» |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The Law of the Jungle, requiring two speakers not his parents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:601-pg236-part2:e2:o1:1
# text = The Law of the Jungle, requiring two speakers not his parents
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Law	Law	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Jungle	Jungle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	requiring	require	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	speakers	speaker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | gerund | the Law of the Jungle | two speakers |  |  |  | Law's parents *obl* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme speaker=Precondition |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A custom requiring the mother to speak first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:601-pg236-part2:e2:o2:1
# text = A custom requiring the mother to speak first
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	custom	custom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	requiring	require	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | gerund | a custom *not said here* | the mother |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mother=Precondition |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | a custom *not said here* | the mother *not said here* |  |  |  | first *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Pack rule that a cub must have a sponsor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:601-pg236-part2:e2:o3:1
# text = The Pack rule that a cub must have a sponsor
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Pack	pack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cub	cub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sponsor	sponsor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | must | a cub | the Pack rule |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A rule of the Council

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:601-pg236-part2:e2:o4:1
# text = A rule of the Council
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Council	Council	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rule** |  | the Council |  |  |  |  |  | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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