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description: Which action does Akela propose in order to preserve the lives of the Pack? Exam question 1 of lesson 604 «The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 5: Mowgli drives the wolves off with fire, beats Shere Khan, and leaves the jungle in tears» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depe
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# Exam question 1 · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 5: Mowgli drives…

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Which action does Akela propose in order to preserve the lives of the Pack?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** action · **What happens:** propose, preserve · **To what, where:** order, lives

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 604 «The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 5: Mowgli drives the wolves off with fire, beats Shere Khan, and leaves the jungle in tears» 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/604-pg236-part5/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:604-pg236-part5:e1:1
# text = Which action does Akela propose in order to preserve the lives of the Pack?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Akela	Akela	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	propose	propose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	preserve	preserve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	lives	life	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Pack	pack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **propose** | present · do-support | which action |  |  | order |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **preserve** | to-infinitive | which action *not said here* | the lives of the Pack |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Beneficiary |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To surrender his own life without resistance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:604-pg236-part5:e1:o1:1
# text = To surrender his own life without resistance
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	surrender	surrender	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	resistance	resistance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **surrender** | to-infinitive |  | his own life |  |  |  | without resistance | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent life=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To flee the jungle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:604-pg236-part5:e1:o2:1
# text = To flee the jungle
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	flee	flee	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	jungle	jungle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flee** | to-infinitive |  | the jungle |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme jungle=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To offer himself to the tiger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:604-pg236-part5:e1:o3:1
# text = To offer himself to the tiger
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	offer	offer	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | to-infinitive |  | himself *= he* | the tiger |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent himself=Theme to tiger=Goal |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To give up the man-cub to Khan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:604-pg236-part5:e1:o4:1
# text = To give up the man-cub to Khan
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	cub	cub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Khan	Khan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give up** | to-infinitive |  | the man cub | Khan |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent cub=Theme to khan=Recipient |

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