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title: Which action did the monkeys perform when Mowgli attempted to depart… — Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 9… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which action did the monkeys perform when Mowgli attempted to depart from the city? Exam question 3 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 pragmatics 
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# Exam question 3 · Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 9: Mowgli is trapped…

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Which action did the monkeys perform when Mowgli attempted to depart from the city?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** action, monkeys, Mowgli · **What happens:** do, perform, attempt, depart · **To what, where:** city

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:608-pg236-part9:e3:1
# text = Which action did the monkeys perform when Mowgli attempted to depart from the city?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	perform	perform	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
8	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	attempted	attempt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	depart	depart	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which action |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **perform** | present | the monkeys |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **attempt** | past | Mowgli |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **depart** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Mowgli *not said here* |  |  | the city |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from city=Initial\_Location |

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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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They pulled him back into the city and held him there with their long arms

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:608-pg236-part9:e3:o1:1
# text = They pulled him back into the city and held him there with their long arms
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull back** | past | They | him *= he* |  | the city |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent he=Result |
| 2 | **hold** | past | They *not said here* | him *= he* |  | there |  | with their long arms | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They pulled him back into the city, then pinched him and made him stay for days

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:608-pg236-part9:e3:o2:1
# text = They pulled him back into the city, then pinched him and made him stay for days
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	pinched	pinch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull back** | past | They | him *= he* |  | the city |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent he=Result |
| 2 | **pinch** | past | They *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  | then |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 3 | **make** | past | They *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **stay** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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They pulled him back into the city

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:608-pg236-part9:e3:o3:1
# text = They pulled him back into the city
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull back** | past | They | him *= he* |  | the city |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent he=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They grabbed him and pulled him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:608-pg236-part9:e3:o4:1
# text = They grabbed him and pulled him
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | past | They | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **pull** | past | They *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent he=Result |

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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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