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description: Of which creature did the Bandar-log stand most in fear, according to Baloo? Exam question 2 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 dependenc
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# Exam question 2 · The Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting, part 8: Baloo and Bagheera…

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Of which creature did the Bandar-log stand most in fear, according to Baloo?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bandar log · **What happens:** do, stand, accord · **To what, where:** fear

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:607-pg236-part8:e2:1
# text = Of which creature did the Bandar-log stand most in fear, according to Baloo?
1	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	creature	creature	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	8	det	_	_
6	Bandar	Bandar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	log	log	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	stand	stand	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
10	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	9	advmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	case	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	fixed	_	_
16	Baloo	Baloo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  | of which creature | tree rules |
| 2 | **stand** | present | the Bandar log |  |  | fear |  | accord Baloo | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in fear=Location |
| 3 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Tabaqui

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:607-pg236-part8:e2:o1:1
# text = Tabaqui
1	Tabaqui	Tabaqui	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Bagheera

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:607-pg236-part8:e2:o2:1
# text = Bagheera
1	Bagheera	Bagheera	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Akela the Grey Wolf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:607-pg236-part8:e2:o3:1
# text = Akela the Grey Wolf
1	Akela	Akela	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Grey	Grey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Kaa the Rock Snake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:607-pg236-part8:e2:o4:1
# text = Kaa the Rock Snake
1	Kaa	Kaa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Rock	Rock	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Snake	Snake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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