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title: Was Mowgli bothered at the Rock, like, scared or chill? — The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was Mowgli bothered at the Rock, like, scared or chill? Test 11 · ★ 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 of the question and of each
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# Test 11 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 2: a fight over t…

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Was Mowgli bothered at the Rock, like, scared or chill?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** bother, chill · **To what, where:** Mowgli, Rock

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This is test 11 · ★ 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. 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:601-pg236-part2:t11:1
# text = Was Mowgli bothered at the Rock, like, scared or chill?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
2	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	bothered	bother	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	chill	chill	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bother** | past · passive |  | Mowgli |  | the Rock |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 2 | **chill** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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he was laughing and playing with pebbles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:601-pg236-part2:t11:o1:1
# text = he was laughing and playing with pebbles
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	pebbles	pebble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | past · progressive | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **play** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with pebbles | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with pebble=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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he was laughing and playing with pebbles at the Rock's edge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:601-pg236-part2:t11:o2:1
# text = he was laughing and playing with pebbles at the Rock's edge
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	pebbles	pebble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Rock	Rock	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | past · progressive | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **play** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  | the Rock's edge |  | with pebbles | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with pebble=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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he was laughing loudly and playing with the pebbles and sticks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:601-pg236-part2:t11:o3:1
# text = he was laughing loudly and playing with the pebbles and sticks
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pebbles	pebble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | past · progressive | he |  |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **play** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the pebbles and sticks | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with pebble=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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he was chilled and watching the wolves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:601-pg236-part2:t11:o4:1
# text = he was chilled and watching the wolves
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	chilled	chill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chill** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 2 | **watch** | gerund |  | the wolves |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme |

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