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title: By what means did Gray Brother acquire knowledge of Shere Khan's plan? — The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did Gray Brother acquire knowledge of Shere Khan's plan? Exam question 1 of lesson 613 «The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 14: Mowgli's herd crushes Shere Khan in the ravine» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Exam question 1 · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 14: Mowgli's herd…

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By what means did Gray Brother acquire knowledge of Shere Khan's plan?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Gray, Shere Khan · **What happens:** mean, acquire, plan · **To what, where:** knowledge · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 613 «The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 14: Mowgli's herd crushes Shere Khan in the ravine» 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/613-pg236-part14/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:613-pg236-part14:e1:1
# text = By what means did Gray Brother acquire knowledge of Shere Khan's plan?
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	Gray	Gray	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	Brother	Brother	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	acquire	acquire	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	Shere	Shere	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Khan	Khan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **acquire** | present | Gray | knowledge of Shere Khan's plan |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knowledge=Theme |
| 3 | **plan** |  | Shere Khan |  |  |  |  |  | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=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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A jackal warned him early

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:613-pg236-part14:e1:o1:1
# text = A jackal warned him early
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	jackal	jackal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	warned	warn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | a jackal |  | him *= he* |  |  | early *property* | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He heard it himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:613-pg236-part14:e1:o2:1
# text = He heard it himself
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | He | it |  |  |  | himself *= he* *obl:unmarked* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He smelled the tiger's trail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:613-pg236-part14:e1:o3:1
# text = He smelled the tiger's trail
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	smelled	smell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	trail	trail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** | past | He | the tiger's trail |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer trail=Stimulus |

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

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He had met Tabaqui at dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:613-pg236-part14:e1:o4:1
# text = He had met Tabaqui at dawn
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	met	meet	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	Tabaqui	Tabaqui	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | past · perfect | He | Tabaqui |  |  | dawn |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tabaqui=Co-Agent |

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