--- title: wait, did the buffs really charge down that cliff? — The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, did the buffs really charge down that cliff? Test 7 · ★ 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 c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/613-pg236-part14/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/613-pg236-part14/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 14: Mowgli's herd… wait, did the buffs really charge down that cliff? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, buffs · **What happens:** wait, charge down · **To what, where:** cliff This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:613-pg236-part14:t7:1 # text = wait, did the buffs really charge down that cliff? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 buffs buff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 really really ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 charge charge VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 8 down down ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 cliff cliff NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **charge down** | past · do-support | the buffs | that cliff | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location cliff=Theme | 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} yep, down the hill ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:613-pg236-part14:t7:o1:1 # text = yep, down the hill 1 yep yep INTJ UH _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 down down ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} yep, straight down the ravine ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:613-pg236-part14:t7:o2:1 # text = yep, straight down the ravine 1 yep yep INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 straight straight ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 down down ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ravine ravine NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} nope, they just stood there ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:613-pg236-part14:t7:o3:1 # text = nope, they just stood there 1 nope nope INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | they | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} nope, they stayed back ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:613-pg236-part14:t7:o4:1 # text = nope, they stayed back 1 nope nope INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay back** | past | they | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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