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description: Which of the following accurately records the reason Mowgli gave for doubting the tales of ghosts and gods related by Buldeo? Exam question 4 of lesson 612 «The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 13: Mowgli herds the buffaloes and hears that Shere Khan is back» of the books course of Mova's primar
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# Exam question 4 · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 13: Mowgli herds…

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Which of the following accurately records the reason Mowgli gave for doubting the tales of ghosts and gods related by Buldeo?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mowgli, ghosts · **What happens:** follow, record, give, doubt, relate, tell · **To what, where:** reason, tales · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 612 «The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 13: Mowgli herds the buffaloes and hears that Shere Khan is back» 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/612-pg236-part13/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:612-pg236-part13:e4:1
# text = Which of the following accurately records the reason Mowgli gave for doubting the tales of ghosts and gods related by Buldeo?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	records	record	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	doubting	doubt	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	ghosts	ghost	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	_
19	related	relate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
20	by	by	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	Buldeo	buldeo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	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 | **record** | present |  | the reason |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 3 | **give** | past | Mowgli | the reason *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 4 | **doubt** | gerund | Mowgli *not said here* | the tales of ghosts and gods |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tale=Theme |
| 5 | **relate** | participle |  | the tales of ghosts and gods *not said here* |  |  |  | by Buldeo | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **tell** |  | ghosts |  |  |  |  |  | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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Buldeo lied about ghosts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:612-pg236-part13:e4:o1:1
# text = Buldeo lied about ghosts
1	Buldeo	Buldeo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lied	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	ghosts	ghost	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | past | Buldeo |  |  |  |  | about ghosts | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about ghost=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Gods had never spoken to the herd boys

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:612-pg236-part13:e4:o2:1
# text = Gods had never spoken to the herd boys
1	Gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	herd	herd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | the herd boys | Gods |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Buldeo had spoken no truth concerning the jungle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:612-pg236-part13:e4:o3:1
# text = Buldeo had spoken no truth concerning the jungle
1	Buldeo	Buldeo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	jungle	jungle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive |  | Buldeo |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | no truth *not said here* | the jungle |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus jungle=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The ghosts were only the grey-beards' talk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:612-pg236-part13:e4:o4:1
# text = The ghosts were only the grey-beards' talk
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ghosts	ghost	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	beards	beard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	talk	talk	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 | the ghosts | the grey beards's talk |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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