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title: With reference to the passage, to what location were the boy and the… — Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 9… · tree and pragmatics
description: With reference to the passage, to what location were the boy and the monkeys conveyed? Exam question 1 of lesson 608 «Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 9: Mowgli is trapped by the monkeys in the ruined Cold Lairs» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Exam question 1 · Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 9: Mowgli is trapped…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
With reference to the passage, to what location were the boy and the monkeys conveyed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** be, convey · **To what, where:** boy

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 608 «Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 9: Mowgli is trapped by the monkeys in the ruined 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/608-pg236-part9/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:608-pg236-part9:e1:1
# text = With reference to the passage, to what location were the boy and the monkeys conveyed?
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	nsubj	_	_
9	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
10	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
16	conveyed	convey	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the boy and the monkeys |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **convey** | participle | the boy and the monkeys |  |  |  |  | with reference to the passage | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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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The Cold Lairs, a deserted ruined city buried deep in the jungle and forgotten

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:608-pg236-part9:e1:o1:1
# text = The Cold Lairs, a deserted ruined city buried deep in the jungle and forgotten
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Lairs	lair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	deserted	desert	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
7	ruined	ruin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	deep	deep	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	jungle	jungle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	forgotten	forget	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **desert** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **ruin** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **bury** | participle |  | a deserted ruined city *not said here* |  | the jungle |  | deep *property* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in jungle=Destination |
| 4 | **forget** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Council Rock, a sunken hill fort

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:608-pg236-part9:e1:o2:1
# text = The Council Rock, a sunken hill fort
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Council	Council	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Rock	Rock	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	sunken	sunken	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	fort	fort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Cold Lairs, a vast ruined city of marble halls that the monkeys had claimed

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:608-pg236-part9:e1:o3:1
# text = The Cold Lairs, a vast ruined city of marble halls that the monkeys had claimed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Lairs	lair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	vast	vast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	ruined	ruin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	marble	marble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	halls	hall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	claimed	claim	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ruin** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **claim** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive |  | marble halls |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Cold Lairs, a deserted ruined city

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:608-pg236-part9:e1:o4:1
# text = The Cold Lairs, a deserted ruined city
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Lairs	lair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	deserted	desert	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
7	ruined	ruin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **desert** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **ruin** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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