--- title: How did the Python describe Mowgli's courage and manners? — Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting: Kaa smashe… · tree and pragmatics description: How did the Python describe Mowgli's courage and manners? Exam question 4 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/610-pg236-part11/e4/) [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/) / [Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting: Kaa smashe…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/610-pg236-part11/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting: Kaa smashes the wall, and the… How did the Python describe Mowgli's courage and manners? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Python · **What happens:** describe · **To what, where:** courage This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:610-pg236-part11:e4:1 # text = How did the Python describe Mowgli's courage and manners? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Python Python PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 describe describe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 Mowgli Mowgli PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 manners manners NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | past · do-support | the Python | Mowgli's courage and manners | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent courage=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A brave heart and a courteous tongue ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:610-pg236-part11:e4:o1:1 # text = A brave heart and a courteous tongue 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 courteous courteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A strong back and a sharp tongue ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:610-pg236-part11:e4:o2:1 # text = A strong back and a sharp tongue 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} A brave heart and a courteous tongue, as the Python himself said of the boy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:610-pg236-part11:e4:o3:1 # text = A brave heart and a courteous tongue, as the Python himself said of the boy 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 courteous courteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Python Python PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 12 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 11 nmod _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a brave heart and a courteous tongue and the Python himself | | | | | of the boy | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} A brave heart and a courteous tongue, though he is still a small cub with much to learn about the jungle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:610-pg236-part11:e4:o4:1 # text = A brave heart and a courteous tongue, though he is still a small cub with much to learn about the jungle 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 courteous courteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 9 though though SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 12 still still ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 cub cub NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 nmod _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 acl _ _ 20 about about ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 jungle jungle NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | he | a small cub | | | still | with much | tree rules | | 2 | **learn** | to-infinitive | | | | | | about the jungle | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about jungle=Topic | **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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