--- title: Which creature is described as having stopped the Monkey-People by t… — The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: Which creature is described as having stopped the Monkey-People by the means of a single hissing word? Exam question 1 of lesson 609 «The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 10: Kaa scares off the Monkey-People while Mowgli stays trapped» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/609-pg236-part10/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/609-pg236-part10/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 10: Kaa scares of… Which creature is described as having stopped the Monkey-People by the means of a single hissing word? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** the · **What happens:** describe, have, stop, mean · **To what, where:** creature, Monkey People This is exam question 1 of lesson 609 «The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 10: Kaa scares off the Monkey-People while Mowgli stays trapped» 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/609-pg236-part10/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:609-pg236-part10:e1:1 # text = Which creature is described as having stopped the Monkey-People by the means of a single hissing word? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 described describe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 nsubj _ _ 7 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 Monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 People People PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 12 by by SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 nsubj _ _ 14 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 18 hissing hissing NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | present · passive | | which creature | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **stop** | past | | the Monkey People | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality people=Eventuality | | 4 | **mean** | present | the | | | | | of a single hissing word | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Kaa, the python ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:609-pg236-part10:e1:o1:1 # text = Kaa, the python 1 Kaa Kaa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 python python NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Bagheera, the cat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:609-pg236-part10:e1:o2:1 # text = Bagheera, the cat 1 Bagheera Bagheera PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Baloo ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:609-pg236-part10:e1:o3:1 # text = Baloo 1 Baloo baloo NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Kaa ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:609-pg236-part10:e1:o4:1 # text = Kaa 1 Kaa Kaa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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