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# Exam question 3 · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, Mowgli dances on Shere…

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With reference to the passage, what is the principal reason the wolves gave for requesting Akela's return as leader?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** passage, wolves, Akela · **What happens:** be, give, request, return · **To what, where:** principal reason, return

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 615 «The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, Mowgli dances on Shere Khan's hide and leaves the wolves for good» 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/615-pg236-part16/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:615-pg236-part16:e3:1
# text = With reference to the passage, what is the principal reason the wolves gave for requesting Akela's return as leader?
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
15	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	requesting	request	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	advcl	_	_
17	Akela	Akela	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
20	as	as	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	leader	leader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the passage and the principal reason | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | past | the wolves | the principal reason *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 3 | **request** | gerund | the wolves *not said here* | Akela's return |  |  |  | as leader | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent return=Recipient |
| 4 | **return** |  | Akela |  |  |  |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They were bored of hunting.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:615-pg236-part16:e3:o1:1
# text = They were bored of hunting.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	bored	bore	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bore** | past · passive |  | They |  |  |  | of hunting | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Akela was the only true leader.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:615-pg236-part16:e3:o2:1
# text = Akela was the only true leader.
1	Akela	Akela	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	leader	leader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Akela | the only true leader |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Their present lawlessness had become unbearable to them.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:615-pg236-part16:e3:o3:1
# text = Their present lawlessness had become unbearable to them.
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lawlessness	lawlessness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	become	become	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	unbearable	unbearable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past · perfect | Their present lawlessness |  |  |  |  | unbearable *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The old Law had fallen apart and they wanted it back again.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:615-pg236-part16:e3:o4:1
# text = The old Law had fallen apart and they wanted it back again.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Law	Law	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	fallen	fall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
12	again	again	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall apart** | past · perfect | the old Law |  |  |  |  | apart *property* | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **want back** | past | they | Law |  |  | again |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |

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