--- title: On which ledge did the two searchers discover the serpent Kaa? — The Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting, part 8… · tree and pragmatics description: On which ledge did the two searchers discover the serpent Kaa? Exam question 1 of lesson 607 «The Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting, part 8: Baloo and Bagheera seek Kaa's help, then learn Mowgli has been taken to the Cold Lairs» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/607-pg236-part8/e1/) [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, Kaa's Hunting, part 8…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/607-pg236-part8/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · The Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting, part 8: Baloo and Bagheera… On which ledge did the two searchers discover the serpent Kaa? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** two searchers · **What happens:** do, discover · **To what, where:** ledge, serpent This is exam question 1 of lesson 607 «The Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting, part 8: Baloo and Bagheera seek Kaa's help, then learn Mowgli has been taken to the Cold Lairs» 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/607-pg236-part8/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:607-pg236-part8:e1:1 # text = On which ledge did the two searchers discover the serpent Kaa? 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 ledge ledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 searchers searcher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 discover discover VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 Kaa Kaa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | which ledge | | | tree rules | | 2 | **discover** | present | the two searchers | the serpent | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent serpent=Topic | 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} A dark pit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:607-pg236-part8:e1:o1:1 # text = A dark pit 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 pit pit NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A sunny tree branch above the trail ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:607-pg236-part8:e1:o2:1 # text = A sunny tree branch above the trail 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 sunny sunny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 above above ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 trail trail NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} A flat stone near the river crossing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:607-pg236-part8:e1:o3:1 # text = A flat stone near the river crossing 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 flat flat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 near near ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 crossing crossing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A warm ledge in the afternoon sun ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:607-pg236-part8:e1:o4:1 # text = A warm ledge in the afternoon sun 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 ledge ledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 afternoon afternoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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