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title: By what means was Mowgli admitted into the Seeonee Wolf Pack? — Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 3… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means was Mowgli admitted into the Seeonee Wolf Pack? Exam question 2 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Exam question 2 · Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 3: Mowgli joins the P…

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By what means was Mowgli admitted into the Seeonee Wolf Pack?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** mean, admit · **To what, where:** Mowgli, Seeonee Wolf Pack

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:602-pg236-part3:e2:1
# text = By what means was Mowgli admitted into the Seeonee Wolf Pack?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	admitted	admit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	Seeonee	Seeonee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
10	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Pack	Pack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **admit** *speech: other* | past · passive |  | Mowgli |  | the Seeonee Wolf Pack |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme by what=Location |

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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 {#o1}

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by the price of a bull, a fight at the Council Rock, and Baloo's endorsement at dawn

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:602-pg236-part3:e2:o1:1
# text = by the price of a bull, a fight at the Council Rock, and Baloo's endorsement at dawn
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	Council	Council	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Rock	Rock	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	Baloo	Baloo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	endorsement	endorsement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **endorse** |  | Baloo |  |  |  | at dawn |  | nom endorsement «communication transitive»: poss=agent at=obl |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the bull's price and Akela's word of support

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:602-pg236-part3:e2:o2:1
# text = the bull's price and Akela's word of support
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	Akela	Akela	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	support	support	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **word** |  | Akela | support |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a bull and a wolf's vote

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:602-pg236-part3:e2:o3:1
# text = a bull and a wolf's vote
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vote** |  | a wolf |  |  |  |  |  | nom vote «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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payment of a bull and Baloo's endorsement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:602-pg236-part3:e2:o4:1
# text = payment of a bull and Baloo's endorsement
1	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	Baloo	Baloo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	endorsement	endorsement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** |  |  | a bull and Baloo's endorsement |  |  |  |  | nom payment «possession transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **endorse** |  | Baloo |  |  |  |  |  | nom endorsement «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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