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title: did the head-man make Mowgli herd the cows or the buffaloes? — The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: did the head-man make Mowgli herd the cows or the buffaloes? Test 3 · ★ 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 
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# Test 3 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 13: Mowgli herds…

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did the head-man make Mowgli herd the cows or the buffaloes?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** head man, Mowgli · **What happens:** make, herd · **To what, where:** Mowgli, cows

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:612-pg236-part13:t3:1
# text = did the head-man make Mowgli herd the cows or the buffaloes?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	herd	herd	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	buffaloes	buffalo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · do-support | the head man | Mowgli |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **herd** | infinitive | Mowgli *not said here* | the cows or the buffaloes |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent cow=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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the cows and the buffaloes both, the slaty-blue ones with the wicked eyes and the whole village herd

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:612-pg236-part13:t3:o1:1
# text = the cows and the buffaloes both, the slaty-blue ones with the wicked eyes and the whole village herd
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	buffaloes	buffalo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
6	both	both	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
9	slaty	slaty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
19	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
20	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	herd	herd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the buffaloes, the spotted ones from the far pools

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:612-pg236-part13:t3:o2:1
# text = the buffaloes, the spotted ones from the far pools
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	buffaloes	buffalo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	spotted	spot	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	appos	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	pools	pool	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spot** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the buffaloes, the slaty-blue ones with the wicked eyes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:612-pg236-part13:t3:o3:1
# text = the buffaloes, the slaty-blue ones with the wicked eyes
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	buffaloes	buffalo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	slaty	slaty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the buffaloes, the slaty-blue ones with the wicked eyes that he had to guide through the long grass

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:612-pg236-part13:t3:o4:1
# text = the buffaloes, the slaty-blue ones with the wicked eyes that he had to guide through the long grass
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	buffaloes	buffalo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	slaty	slaty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
13	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	guide	guide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
18	through	through	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the buffaloes and the blue ones with the wicked eyes |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **guide** | to-infinitive | the buffaloes and the blue ones with the wicked eyes *not said here* |  |  | the long grass |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent through grass=Destination |

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