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title: what's the deal with the kites, are they, like, scary? — The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: what's the deal with the kites, are they, like, scary? Test 10 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 10 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 13: Mowgli herds…

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what's the deal with the kites, are they, like, scary?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** deal · **What happens:** be

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This is test 10 · ★ 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. 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:612-pg236-part13:t10:1
# text = what's the deal with the kites, are they, like, scary?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	kites	kite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
14	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the deal with the kites |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | scary *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they swoop down super fast if something dies and then follow each other around the carcass

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:612-pg236-part13:t10:o1:1
# text = they swoop down super fast if something dies and then follow each other around the carcass
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	swoop	swoop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	super	super	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	nsubj	_	_
8	dies	die	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	follow	follow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	11	obj	_	_
13	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	fixed	_	_
14	around	around	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	carcass	carcass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swoop down** | present | they |  |  |  |  | down, fast *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **die** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | something |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **follow** | present | they *not said here* | each |  | the carcass | then |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent each=Theme around carcass=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they're not scary, they just circle up high and swoop down when any animal dies out there

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:612-pg236-part13:t10:o2:1
# text = they're not scary, they just circle up high and swoop down when any animal dies out there
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	circle	circle	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	high	high	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	swoop	swoop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
13	down	down	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	17	mark	_	_
15	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	16	det	_	_
16	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	dies	die	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
18	out	out	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
19	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	17	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | they |  |  |  |  | scary *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **circle up** | present | they |  |  |  |  | high *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **swoop down** | infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **die out** | present | any animal |  |  | there |  | out *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they swoop fast when something's dead, yeah

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:612-pg236-part13:t10:o3:1
# text = they swoop fast when something's dead, yeah
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	swoop	swoop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
5	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
9	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swoop** | present | they |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | something |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they swoop down super fast if something dies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:612-pg236-part13:t10:o4:1
# text = they swoop down super fast if something dies
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	swoop	swoop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	super	super	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	nsubj	_	_
8	dies	die	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swoop down** | present | they |  |  |  |  | down, fast *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **die** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | something |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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