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title: so the fire was the Red Flower, sus or nah? — The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: so the fire was the Red Flower, sus or nah? Test 6 · ★ 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 que
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# Test 6 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 5: Mowgli drives…

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so the fire was the Red Flower, sus or nah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fire · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Flower sus

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:604-pg236-part5:t6:1
# text = so the fire was the Red Flower, sus or nah?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Red	Red	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	_
7	Flower	Flower	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	sus	sus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the fire | Flower sus |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, it's the men's hut

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:604-pg236-part5:t6:o1:1
# text = nah, it's the men's hut
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	hut	hut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | the men's hut |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yup, it was just a flower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:604-pg236-part5:t6:o2:1
# text = yup, it was just a flower
1	yup	yup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | a flower |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, it's what scared the wolves away from the rock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:604-pg236-part5:t6:o3:1
# text = nah, it's what scared the wolves away from the rock
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
6	scared	scare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **scare** | past |  |  |  | the rock |  | away *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, it's what scared the wolves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:604-pg236-part5:t6:o4:1
# text = nah, it's what scared the wolves
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
6	scared	scare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **scare** | past |  | the wolves |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus wolf=Experiencer |

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