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description: Which of the following describes the manner in which Mowgli dispatches the assembled wolves? Exam question 2 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 scho
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# Exam question 2 · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 5: Mowgli drives…

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Which of the following describes the manner in which Mowgli dispatches the assembled wolves?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mowgli · **What happens:** follow, describe, dispatch, assemble · **To what, where:** manner, assembled wolves

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:604-pg236-part5:e2:1
# text = Which of the following describes the manner in which Mowgli dispatches the assembled wolves?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	nsubj	_	_
5	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
10	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	dispatches	dispatch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	assembled	assemble	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
14	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | present |  | the manner |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme |
| 3 | **dispatch** | present | Mowgli | the assembled wolves |  | the manner |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Patient |
| 4 | **assemble** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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By driving them off with a burning branch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:604-pg236-part5:e2:o1:1
# text = By driving them off with a burning branch
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	driving	drive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive off** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | with a burning branch | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme they=Trajectory |
| 2 | **burn** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By driving them off with a burning branch and a loud cry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:604-pg236-part5:e2:o2:1
# text = By driving them off with a burning branch and a loud cry
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	driving	drive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	cry	cry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive off** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | with a burning branch and a loud cry | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme they=Trajectory |
| 2 | **burn** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By roaring fire at them from the rock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:604-pg236-part5:e2:o3:1
# text = By roaring fire at them from the rock
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	roaring	roar	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roar** | gerund |  | fire |  | the rock |  | at them *= they* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme PP.recipient PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent fire=Theme at they=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By driving them off with a burning branch from the fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:604-pg236-part5:e2:o4:1
# text = By driving them off with a burning branch from the fire
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	driving	drive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive off** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  | the fire |  | with a burning branch | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme from fire=Trajectory |
| 2 | **burn** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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