--- title: Which character, having been denied the boy, expresses his displeasu… — Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 3… · tree and pragmatics description: Which character, having been denied the boy, expresses his displeasure through prolonged vocal protest during the night? Exam question 1 of lesson 602 «Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 3: Mowgli joins the Pack, grows up, and learns that Shere Khan is his enemy» of the books course of Mova's prim --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/602-pg236-part3/e1/) [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/) / [Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 3…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/602-pg236-part3/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 3: Mowgli joins the P… Which character, having been denied the boy, expresses his displeasure through prolonged vocal protest during the night? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** character · **What happens:** deny, express, prolong, displease · **To what, where:** boy, displeasure, prolonged vocal protest This is exam question 1 of lesson 602 «Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 3: Mowgli joins the Pack, grows up, and learns that Shere Khan is his enemy» 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/602-pg236-part3/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:602-pg236-part3:e1:1 # text = Which character, having been denied the boy, expresses his displeasure through prolonged vocal protest during the night? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 aux _ _ 5 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 denied deny VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 expresses express VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 displeasure displeasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 through through ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 prolonged prolong VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 amod _ _ 15 vocal vocal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 protest protest NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 17 during during ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deny** | gerund · perfect · passive | which character *not said here* | the boy | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: boy=Eventuality | | 2 | **express** | present | which character | character's displeasure | | prolonged vocal protest | night | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent displeasure=Theme | | 3 | **prolong** | participle | | | | | | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **displease** | | character | | | | | | nom displeasure «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Shere Khan ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:602-pg236-part3:e1:o1:1 # text = Shere Khan 1 Shere Shere PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 Khan Khan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Father Wolf ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:602-pg236-part3:e1:o2:1 # text = Father Wolf 1 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the old grey wolf Akela of the Pack ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:602-pg236-part3:e1:o3:1 # text = the old grey wolf Akela of the Pack 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 Akela Akela PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Pack pack NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Bagheera ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:602-pg236-part3:e1:o4:1 # text = Bagheera 1 Bagheera Bagheera PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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