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title: Which of the following statements concerning the summer-house is con… — Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 9… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements concerning the summer-house is consistent with the passage? Exam question 4 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 p
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# Exam question 4 · Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 9: Mowgli is trapped…

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Which of the following statements concerning the summer-house is consistent with the passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, concern, be · **To what, where:** summer house

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:608-pg236-part9:e4:1
# text = Which of the following statements concerning the summer-house is consistent with the passage?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
6	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	csubj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	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 | **concern** | gerund |  | the summer house |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus house=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the following statements; with the passage; consistent *property* | tree rules |

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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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Its doors were carved from dark old wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:608-pg236-part9:e4:o1:1
# text = Its doors were carved from dark old wood
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	carved	carve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carve** | past · passive |  | Its doors |  | dark old wood |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from wood=Material |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Its walls were made of marble tracery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:608-pg236-part9:e4:o2:1
# text = Its walls were made of marble tracery
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	marble	marble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	tracery	tracery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive |  | Its walls |  |  |  | of marble tracery | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Its walls were stone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:608-pg236-part9:e4:o3:1
# text = Its walls were stone
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Its walls | stone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Its roof was made of old red clay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:608-pg236-part9:e4:o4:1
# text = Its roof was made of old red clay
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive |  | Its roof |  |  |  | of old red clay | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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