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title: What reason did Baloo give for the failure of the pursuit? — The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: What reason did Baloo give for the failure of the pursuit? Exam question 4 of lesson 606 «The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 7: the monkeys snatch Mowgli and swing off with him through the treetops» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Exam question 4 · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 7: the monkeys sn…

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What reason did Baloo give for the failure of the pursuit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Baloo, pursuit · **What happens:** give, fail

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 606 «The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 7: the monkeys snatch Mowgli and swing off with him through the treetops» 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/606-pg236-part7/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:606-pg236-part7:e4:1
# text = What reason did Baloo give for the failure of the pursuit?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Baloo	Baloo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	failure	failure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · do-support | Baloo |  |  |  |  | for the failure of the pursuit | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent what=Theme for failure=Asset |
| 2 | **fail** |  | the pursuit |  |  |  |  |  | nom failure «act intransitive»: of=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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His own clumsy and laboured trot, which slowed the whole chase down badly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:606-pg236-part7:e4:o1:1
# text = His own clumsy and laboured trot, which slowed the whole chase down badly
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
2	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
3	clumsy	clumsy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	laboured	labour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	trot	trot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	slowed	slow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	chase	chase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	down	down	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
14	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **labour** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn work-73.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **slow** | past | His own clumsy laboured trot | the whole chase |  |  |  | badly, down *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent chase=Patient |
| 3 | **trot** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom trot «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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His slow and heavy running

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:606-pg236-part7:e4:o2:1
# text = His slow and heavy running
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
2	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	running	running	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom running «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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

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His own clumsy and laboured trot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:606-pg236-part7:e4:o3:1
# text = His own clumsy and laboured trot
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
2	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
3	clumsy	clumsy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	laboured	labour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
6	trot	trot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **labour** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn work-73.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **trot** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom trot «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The monkeys were too fast for him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:606-pg236-part7:e4:o4:1
# text = The monkeys were too fast for him
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the monkeys |  |  |  |  | for him *= he*; fast *property* | tree rules |

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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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