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title: What reason did Bagheera give for punishing Mowgli? — Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting: Kaa smashe… · tree and pragmatics
description: What reason did Bagheera give for punishing Mowgli? Exam question 2 of lesson 610 «Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting: Kaa smashes the wall, and the monkeys freeze under the Hunger Dance» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Exam question 2 · Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting: Kaa smashes the wall, and the…

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What reason did Bagheera give for punishing Mowgli?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Bagheera · **What happens:** give, punish · **To what, where:** Mowgli

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 610 «Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting: Kaa smashes the wall, and the monkeys freeze under the Hunger Dance» 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/610-pg236-part11/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:610-pg236-part11:e2:1
# text = What reason did Bagheera give for punishing Mowgli?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Bagheera	Bagheera	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	punishing	punish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · do-support | Bagheera |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
| 2 | **punish** | gerund | Bagheera *not said here* | Mowgli |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mowgli=Patient |

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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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The boy had caused serious harm to the entire company through his reckless conduct, and the Law demands fair punishment for it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:610-pg236-part11:e2:o1:1
# text = The boy had caused serious harm to the entire company through his reckless conduct, and the Law demands fair punishment for it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	through	through	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	reckless	reckless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	Law	Law	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	demands	demand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
20	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
22	for	for	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | past · perfect | the boy | serious harm |  |  |  | to the entire company through boy's reckless conduct | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition harm=Patient |
| 2 | **demand** *speech: request* | present | the Law | fair punishment |  |  |  | for punishment | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme punishment=Precondition |
| 3 | **conduct** |  | boy |  |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The boy had insulted the whole company during the dance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:610-pg236-part11:e2:o2:1
# text = The boy had insulted the whole company during the dance
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	insulted	insult	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	during	during	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **insult** | past · perfect · passive |  | the boy |  |  | during the dance |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer company=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The boy had caused harm to the company through his noisy play

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:610-pg236-part11:e2:o3:1
# text = The boy had caused harm to the company through his noisy play
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	through	through	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	noisy	noisy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | past · perfect | the boy | harm |  | boy's noisy play |  | to the company | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to company=Patient |
| 2 | **play** |  | boy |  |  |  |  |  | nom play «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The boy had caused harm to the company through his conduct

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:610-pg236-part11:e2:o4:1
# text = The boy had caused harm to the company through his conduct
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	through	through	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | past · perfect | the boy | harm |  | boy's conduct |  | to the company | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to company=Patient |
| 2 | **conduct** |  | boy |  |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=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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