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description: Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which Bagheera surpassed Kaa at the hill stream? Exam question 2 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 dependen
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# Exam question 2 · Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 9: Mowgli is trapped…

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Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which Bagheera surpassed Kaa at the hill stream?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Bagheera · **What happens:** follow, describe, surpass · **To what, where:** manner, Kaa

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:608-pg236-part9:e2:1
# text = Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which Bagheera surpassed Kaa at the hill stream?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
11	Bagheera	Bagheera	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	surpassed	surpass	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
13	Kaa	Kaa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | present |  | the manner |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme |
| 3 | **surpass** | past | Bagheera | Kaa |  |  |  | at the hill stream; in the manner | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot kaa=Theme in which=Attribute |

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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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He bounded across the water while Kaa was still swimming slowly behind him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:608-pg236-part9:e2:o1:1
# text = He bounded across the water while Kaa was still swimming slowly behind him
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bounded	bound	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	across	across	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	Kaa	Kaa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	still	still	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	swimming	swim	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
11	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bound** | past | He |  |  | the water |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across water=Trajectory |
| 2 | **swim** | past · progressive | Kaa |  |  |  | still | behind him *= he*; slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind he=Trajectory |

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

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He bounded across while Kaa swam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:608-pg236-part9:e2:o2:1
# text = He bounded across while Kaa swam
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bounded	bound	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	across	across	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	Kaa	Kaa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	swam	swim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bound** | past | He |  |  |  |  | across *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **swim** | past | Kaa |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He sprang across, Kaa paddled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:608-pg236-part9:e2:o3:1
# text = He sprang across, Kaa paddled
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sprang	spring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	across	across	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	Kaa	Kaa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	paddled	paddle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spring** | past | He |  |  |  |  | across *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **paddle** | past | Kaa |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By bounding across the stream on the rocks, while Kaa was forced to swim

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:608-pg236-part9:e2:o4:1
# text = By bounding across the stream on the rocks, while Kaa was forced to swim
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	bounding	bound	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
3	across	across	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
10	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	Kaa	Kaa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	forced	force	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bound** | gerund |  |  |  | the stream on the rocks |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across stream=Trajectory |
| 2 | **force** | past · passive |  | Kaa |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **swim** | to-infinitive | Kaa *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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