--- title: lowkey, what did Mowgli say the snake was doing? — Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting: Kaa smashe… · tree and pragmatics description: lowkey, what did Mowgli say the snake was doing? Test 12 · ★ 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; Mova' --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/610-pg236-part11/t12/) [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/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting: Kaa smashes the wall, and the… lowkey, what did Mowgli say the snake was doing? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lowkey, snake · **What happens:** say, do · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ 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. 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:610-pg236-part11:t12:1 # text = lowkey, what did Mowgli say the snake was doing? 1 lowkey lowkey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 Mowgli Mowgli PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | lowkey | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | past · progressive | the snake | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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} Just making circles on the dust ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:610-pg236-part11:t12:o1:1 # text = Just making circles on the dust 1 Just just ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 circles circle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | gerund | | circles | | the dust | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset circle=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} Just drawing lines in dust ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:610-pg236-part11:t12:o2:1 # text = Just drawing lines in dust 1 Just just ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 drawing draw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 lines line NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | gerund | | lines | | dust | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent line=Theme in dust=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} Sleeping ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:610-pg236-part11:t12:o3:1 # text = Sleeping 1 Sleeping sleeping NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Just sleeping by the wall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:610-pg236-part11:t12:o4:1 # text = Just sleeping by the wall 1 Just just ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | gerund | | | | | | by the wall | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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