--- title: Did the tiger dip after she told him off? — The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the tiger dip after she told him off? Test 4 · ★ 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 option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/601-pg236-part2/t4/) [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/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/601-pg236-part2/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 2: a fight over t… Did the tiger dip after she told him off? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** do, tell off · **To what, where:** tiger dip, him This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:601-pg236-part2:t4:1 # text = Did the tiger dip after she told him off? 1 Did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 tiger tiger NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 dip dip NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 after after SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 iobj _ _ 9 off off ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the tiger dip | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dip=Eventuality | | 2 | **tell off** *speech: assert* | past | she | | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | 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 {#o1} he backed out, growling at the wolves as he went ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:601-pg236-part2:t4:o1:1 # text = he backed out, growling at the wolves as he went 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 backed back VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 growling growl VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **back out** | past | he | | | | | | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **growl** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | at the wolves | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at wolf=Stimulus | | 3 | **go** | past | he | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} he backed out, growling ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:601-pg236-part2:t4:o2:1 # text = he backed out, growling 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 backed back VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 growling growl VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **back out** | past | he | | | | | | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **growl** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} he turned tail and backed out, growling loudly to the Pack ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:601-pg236-part2:t4:o3:1 # text = he turned tail and backed out, growling loudly to the Pack 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 backed back VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 growling growl VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 9 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Pack pack NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | he | tail | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tail=Theme | | 2 | **back out** | participle | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **growl** | gerund | he *not said here* | | the Pack | | | loudly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to pack=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} he crept back, whining ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:601-pg236-part2:t4:o4:1 # text = he crept back, whining 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 crept creep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 back back ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 whining whining NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **creep back** | past | he | whining | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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