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title: Gutted, what did Baloo say Mowgli was? — The Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting, part 8… · tree and pragmatics
description: Gutted, what did Baloo say Mowgli was? Test 12 · ★ 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 the question and 
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# Test 12 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting, part 8: Baloo and Bagheera…

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Gutted, what did Baloo say Mowgli was?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Baloo, Mowgli · **What happens:** gut, say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ 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. 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:607-pg236-part8:t12:1
# text = Gutted, what did Baloo say Mowgli was?
1	Gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Baloo	Baloo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gut** | participle | Baloo *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Baloo |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** | past | Mowgli |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1}

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The strongest of the pack

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:607-pg236-part8:t12:o1:1
# text = The strongest of the pack
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	strongest	strong	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pack	pack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The best and boldest cub

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:607-pg236-part8:t12:o2:1
# text = The best and boldest cub
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	boldest	bold	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	cub	cub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A brave, clever young wolf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:607-pg236-part8:t12:o3:1
# text = A brave, clever young wolf
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Man-cub who would one day lead the whole pack

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:607-pg236-part8:t12:o4:1
# text = The Man-cub who would one day lead the whole pack
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	Man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	cub	cub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	lead	lead	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	pack	pack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | would | the Man cub | the whole pack |  |  | day |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pack=Theme |

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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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