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title: lowkey was Shere Khan actually scared in the end? — The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: lowkey was Shere Khan actually scared in the end? Test 9 · ★ 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 t
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# Test 9 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 5: Mowgli drives…

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lowkey was Shere Khan actually scared in the end?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lowkey · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** end

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:604-pg236-part5:t9:1
# text = lowkey was Shere Khan actually scared in the end?
1	lowkey	lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	Shere	Shere	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	Khan	Khan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
5	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | lowkey |  |  |  | in the end | actually, scared *property* | 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}

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nah, he kept fighting on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:604-pg236-part5:t9:o1:1
# text = nah, he kept fighting on
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	fighting	fight	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fight on** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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yeah, he whimpered and shut his eyes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:604-pg236-part5:t9:o2:1
# text = yeah, he whimpered and shut his eyes
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	whimpered	whimper	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	shut	shut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whimper** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **shut** | past | he *not said here* | his eyes |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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nah, he stood up and roared loud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:604-pg236-part5:t9:o3:1
# text = nah, he stood up and roared loud
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	roared	roar	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
8	loud	loud	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand up** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **roar** | participle | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | loud *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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yeah, he growled and slunk off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:604-pg236-part5:t9:o4:1
# text = yeah, he growled and slunk off
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	growled	growl	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	slunk	slink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **growl** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **slink off** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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