--- title: By what principal means did Kaa overpower his prey? — The Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting, part 8… · tree and pragmatics description: By what principal means did Kaa overpower his prey? Exam question 4 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 pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/607-pg236-part8/e4/) [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/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · The Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting, part 8: Baloo and Bagheera… By what principal means did Kaa overpower his prey? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** principal, Kaa · **What happens:** mean, overpower · **To what, where:** prey This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:607-pg236-part8:e4:1 # text = By what principal means did Kaa overpower his prey? 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 obl _ _ 3 principal principal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 Kaa Kaa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 overpower overpower VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 prey prey NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | principal | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **overpower** | past · do-support | Kaa | Kaa's prey | | | | | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} His sharp claws ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:607-pg236-part8:e4:o1:1 # text = His sharp claws 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 claws claw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} His strong hug ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:607-pg236-part8:e4:o2:1 # text = His strong hug 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 hug hug NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hug** | | His *= he* | | | | | | nom hug «act transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Fangs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:607-pg236-part8:e4:o3:1 # text = Fangs 1 Fangs fang NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Venom ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:607-pg236-part8:e4:o4:1 # text = Venom 1 Venom venom NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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