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title: did the monkeys actually have a proper boss? — The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: did the monkeys actually have a proper boss? Test 11 · ★ 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 question and of each
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# Test 11 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 7: the monkeys sn…

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did the monkeys actually have a proper boss?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** monkeys · **What happens:** do, have · **To what, where:** proper boss

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This is test 11 · ★ 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. 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:606-pg236-part7:t11:1
# text = did the monkeys actually have a proper boss?
1	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | the monkeys | a proper boss |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boss=Patient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, they had a leader called Chil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:606-pg236-part7:t11:o1:1
# text = yeah, they had a leader called Chil
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	leader	leader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	Chil	Chil	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | they | a leader |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leader=Patient |
| 2 | **call** | participle |  | a leader *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, they kept wanting one but never got one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:606-pg236-part7:t11:o2:1
# text = nah, they kept wanting one but never got one
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	wanting	want	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	obj	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | gerund | they *not said here* | one |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot one=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **get** | past | they *not said here* | one |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, they were always going to have one but never did

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:606-pg236-part7:t11:o3:1
# text = nah, they were always going to have one but never did
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	obj	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past · progressive | they |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | one |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |
| 3 | **not** **do** | past | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, they had one boss, always in charge of them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:606-pg236-part7:t11:o4:1
# text = yeah, they had one boss, always in charge of them
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	10	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | they | one boss |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boss=Patient |
| 2 | **charge** |  |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | nom charge «act transitive»: of=patient |

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