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title: what time did Mowgli head off, like sunset? — The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: what time did Mowgli head off, like sunset? Test 12 · ★ 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 dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 12 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 5: Mowgli drives…

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what time did Mowgli head off, like sunset?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** time · **What happens:** do off · **To what, where:** Mowgli head

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This is test 12 · ★ 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. 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:604-pg236-part5:t12:1
# text = what time did Mowgli head off, like sunset?
1	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	off	off	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	sunset	sunset	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do off** | past | what time | Mowgli head |  |  | sunset | off *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Eventuality |

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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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at dawn, when the sky got light and the men slept

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:604-pg236-part5:t12:o1:1
# text = at dawn, when the sky got light and the men slept
1	at	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	light	light	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	slept	sleep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | the sky |  |  |  | dawn | light *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **sleep** | past | the men |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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at dusk, when the sky got dark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:604-pg236-part5:t12:o2:1
# text = at dusk, when the sky got dark
1	at	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	dusk	dusk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | the sky |  |  |  | dusk | dark *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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at dawn, when the grey sky first got light over the hill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:604-pg236-part5:t12:o3:1
# text = at dawn, when the grey sky first got light over the hill
1	at	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	advmod	_	_
9	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	over	over	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | the grey sky | light |  | the hill | dawn | first *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer light=Stimulus |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
at dawn, when the sky got light

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:604-pg236-part5:t12:o4:1
# text = at dawn, when the sky got light
1	at	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	light	light	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | the sky |  |  |  | dawn | light *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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