--- title: Cuz, what's the rule if people argue about a cub getting in? — The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: Cuz, what's the rule if people argue about a cub getting in? Test 9 · ★ 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/601-pg236-part2/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 2: a fight over t… Cuz, what's the rule if people argue about a cub getting in? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Cuz, people, cub · **What happens:** be, argue, get in · **To what, where:** rule This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:601-pg236-part2:t9:1 # text = Cuz, what's the rule if people argue about a cub getting in? 1 Cuz Cuz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 7 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 argue argue VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 10 about about ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 cub cub NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 acl _ _ 14 in in ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Cuz | the rule | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **argue** *speech: disagree* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | people | | | | | about a cub | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about cub=Topic | | 3 | **get in** | gerund | a cub *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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} two non-parents must speak for him and the Pack must agree ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:601-pg236-part2:t9:o1:1 # text = two non-parents must speak for him and the Pack must agree 1 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 non-parents non-parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Pack pack NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 agree agree VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | must | two non-parents | | | | | for him *= he* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* | must | the Pack | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} two non-parents must speak for him before the whole Pack ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:601-pg236-part2:t9:o2:1 # text = two non-parents must speak for him before the whole Pack 1 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 non-parents non-parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 before before ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 Pack pack NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | must | two non-parents | | | | before the whole Pack | for him *= he* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} two wolves must argue the case ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:601-pg236-part2:t9:o3:1 # text = two wolves must argue the case 1 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 argue argue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | must | two wolves | the case | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent case=Topic | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} two non-parents must speak for him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:601-pg236-part2:t9:o4:1 # text = two non-parents must speak for him 1 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 non-parents non-parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | must | two non-parents | | | | | for him *= he* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. - ← previous: [The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, pa…, test 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/601-pg236-part2/t8/) - next →: [The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, pa…, test 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/601-pg236-part2/t10/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 2: a fight over the man-cub and a hearing at the Council Rock](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/601-pg236-part2/)