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title: lol so the kite just sat there watching the whole thing? — The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: lol so the kite just sat there watching the whole thing? Test 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 question 
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# Test 4 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 7: the monkeys sn…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
lol so the kite just sat there watching the whole thing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kite · **What happens:** sit, watch · **To what, where:** whole thing

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This is test 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. 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:606-pg236-part7:t4:1
# text = lol so the kite just sat there watching the whole thing?
1	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
2	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	kite	kite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
8	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | the kite |  |  | there |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **watch** | gerund | the kite *not said here* | the whole thing |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, Rann just kept watch waiting for stuff to die

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:606-pg236-part7:t4:o1:1
# text = yeah, Rann just kept watch waiting for stuff to die
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	Rann	Rann	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
7	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | Rann |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **watch** | infinitive | Rann *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **wait** | gerund | Rann *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for stuff | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **die** | to-infinitive | Rann *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, he dropped down and joined the monkeys for a bit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:606-pg236-part7:t4:o2:1
# text = nah, he dropped down and joined the monkeys for a bit
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	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	joined	join	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop down** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **join** | past | he *not said here* | the monkeys |  |  |  | for a bit | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monkey=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he kept an eye on them from way up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:606-pg236-part7:t4:o3:1
# text = yeah, he kept an eye on them from way up
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	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	up	up	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | he | a eye |  | way |  | on them *= they* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent eye=Theme on they=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, he flew off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:606-pg236-part7:t4:o4:1
# text = nah, he flew off
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	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly off** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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