--- title: did the monkeys tell the jungle they were like top dogs? — The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: did the monkeys tell the jungle they were like top dogs? Test 6 · ★ 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/606-pg236-part7/t6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/606-pg236-part7/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 7: the monkeys sn… did the monkeys tell the jungle they were like top dogs? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** monkeys · **What happens:** tell, be · **To what, where:** jungle · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:606-pg236-part7:t6:1 # text = did the monkeys tell the jungle they were like top dogs? 1 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 monkeys monkey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 jungle jungle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 like like ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 top top ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | the monkeys | the jungle | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent jungle=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | past | monkeys *= monkey* | the jungle *not said here* | | | | like top dogs | tree rules | 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} yeah, they were boss ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:606-pg236-part7:t6:o1:1 # text = yeah, they were boss 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 boss boss NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | they | boss | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} yeah, they said everyone would look up to them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:606-pg236-part7:t6:o2:1 # text = yeah, they said everyone would look up to 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 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 7 nsubj _ _ 6 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | they | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **look up** | would | everyone | | them *= they* | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to they=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} yeah, they said all the Jungle-People would admire them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:606-pg236-part7:t6:o3:1 # text = yeah, they said all the Jungle-People would admire them 1 yeah yeah 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 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 Jungle Jungle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 People People PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 admire admire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | they | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **admire** | would | all Jungle People | them *= they* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} nah, they were just kids ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:606-pg236-part7:t6:o4:1 # text = nah, they were just kids 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 cop _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | they | kids | | | | | tree rules | **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. 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