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title: bruh, why did Mowgli split the herd? — The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: bruh, why did Mowgli split the herd? Test 3 · ★ 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 of each option; Mova's choice was wron
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# Test 3 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 14: Mowgli's herd…

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bruh, why did Mowgli split the herd?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mowgli · **What happens:** split · **To what, where:** herd

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This is test 3 · ★ 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. 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:613-pg236-part14:t3:1
# text = bruh, why did Mowgli split the herd?
1	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
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	split	split	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	herd	herd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split** | past · do-support | Mowgli | the herd |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herd=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 {#o1}

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So the cows went quiet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:613-pg236-part14:t3:o1:1
# text = So the cows went quiet
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | the cows |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
So the bulls and cows couldn't team up on him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:613-pg236-part14:t3:o2:1
# text = So the bulls and cows couldn't team up on him
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bulls	bull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cause the tiger was too sneaky for the herd anyway

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:613-pg236-part14:t3:o3:1
# text = Cause the tiger was too sneaky for the herd anyway
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	herd	herd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **is** | past | the tiger |  |  |  |  | for the herd; anyway, sneaky *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
So they couldn't team up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:613-pg236-part14:t3:o4:1
# text = So they couldn't team up
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
```

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

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