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title: Why does Mowgli voice displeasure at Baloo, according to the text? — The Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting, part 6… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why does Mowgli voice displeasure at Baloo, according to the text? Exam question 4 of lesson 605 «The Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting, part 6: Baloo teaches Mowgli the Master Words, and Mowgli boasts of a monkey tribe» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Exam question 4 · The Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting, part 6: Baloo teaches Mowg…

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Why does Mowgli voice displeasure at Baloo, according to the text?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, accord · **To what, where:** Mowgli voice displeasure, Baloo

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 605 «The Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting, part 6: Baloo teaches Mowgli the Master Words, and Mowgli boasts of a monkey tribe» 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/605-pg236-part6/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:605-pg236-part6:e4:1
# text = Why does Mowgli voice displeasure at Baloo, according to the text?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
4	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	displeasure	displeasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Baloo	Baloo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	case	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | Mowgli voice displeasure |  | Baloo |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent displeasure=Eventuality |
| 2 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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He is upset at losing the Master Words game

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:605-pg236-part6:e4:o1:1
# text = He is upset at losing the Master Words game
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	losing	lose	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	Master	Master	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	compound	_	_
9	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | upset *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | gerund |  | the Words game |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He is furious that Baloo hit him and then scolded him in front of the others

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:605-pg236-part6:e4:o2:1
# text = He is furious that Baloo hit him and then scolded him in front of the others
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	furious	furious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	Baloo	Baloo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	scolded	scold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | furious *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hit** | past | Baloo | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme |
| 3 | **scold** | past | He *not said here* | Baloo |  | front of the others | then |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He is angry at being struck and reprimanded

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:605-pg236-part6:e4:o3:1
# text = He is angry at being struck and reprimanded
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	struck	strike	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	reprimanded	reprimand	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | angry *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **strike** | gerund · passive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V» |
| 3 | **reprimand** | participle | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He is cross about the lost fruit tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:605-pg236-part6:e4:o4:1
# text = He is cross about the lost fruit tree
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	cross	cross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
7	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | about the lost fruit tree; cross *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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