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title: ok but why did he pull out thorns? — Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 3… · tree and pragmatics
description: ok but why did he pull out thorns? Test 7 · ★ 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 question and of each option; Mov
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# Test 7 · ★ · Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 3: Mowgli joins the P…

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ok but why did he pull out thorns?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** pull out · **To what, where:** thorns

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This is test 7 · ★ 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. 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:602-pg236-part3:t7:1
# text = ok but why did he pull out thorns?
1	ok	ok	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
2	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	pull	pull	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	thorns	thorn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull out** | past · do-support | he | thorns |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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burs annoy the wolves at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:602-pg236-part3:t7:o1:1
# text = burs annoy the wolves at night
1	burs	bur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	annoy	annoy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **annoy** | present | burs | the wolves |  |  | night |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus wolf=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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because thorns stick in the coats of all wolves who sleep in the caves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:602-pg236-part3:t7:o2:1
# text = because thorns stick in the coats of all wolves who sleep in the caves
1	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	thorns	thorn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stick	stick	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	coats	coat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	sleep	sleep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	caves	cave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stick** | present | thorns |  |  | the coats of all wolves |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in coat=Destination |
| 2 | **sleep** | present | all wolves |  |  | the caves |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in cave=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the thorns hurt the wolves' fur

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:602-pg236-part3:t7:o3:1
# text = the thorns hurt the wolves' fur
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	thorns	thorn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | past | the thorns | the wolves's fur |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fur=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
wolves hate thorns in their coats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:602-pg236-part3:t7:o4:1
# text = wolves hate thorns in their coats
1	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hate	hate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	thorns	thorn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	coats	coat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | present | wolves | thorns |  | wolves's coats |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thorn=Stimulus |

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