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title: why did the seals go crazy every spring? — The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, Mo… · tree and pragmatics
description: why did the seals go crazy every spring? Test 11 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 11 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, Mowgli dances on Shere…

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why did the seals go crazy every spring?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** seals · **What happens:** go

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This is test 11 · ★ 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. 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:615-pg236-part16:t11:1
# text = why did the seals go crazy every spring?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	seals	seal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	crazy	crazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

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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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Everyone wanted a good spot by the sea, and the old bulls fought over every single bit of sand

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:615-pg236-part16:t11:o1:1
# text = Everyone wanted a good spot by the sea, and the old bulls fought over every single bit of sand
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	bulls	bull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
15	over	over	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
17	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | Everyone | a good spot |  |  |  | by the sea | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot spot=Theme |
| 2 | **fight** | past | the old bulls |  |  |  |  | over every single bit of sand | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.theme NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent over bit=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Everyone wanted a good spot by the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:615-pg236-part16:t11:o2:1
# text = Everyone wanted a good spot by the sea
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | Everyone | a good spot |  |  |  | by the sea | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot spot=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Everyone wanted a good spot by the sea, so the seals fought each other from dawn to dusk.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:615-pg236-part16:t11:o3:1
# text = Everyone wanted a good spot by the sea, so the seals fought each other from dawn to dusk.
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	seals	seal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	13	obj	_	_
15	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	fixed	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	dusk	dusk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | Everyone | a good spot |  |  |  | by the sea | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot spot=Theme |
| 2 | **fight** | past | the seals | each |  |  | dawn |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They all wanted the best beach spot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:615-pg236-part16:t11:o4:1
# text = They all wanted the best beach spot
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	det	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
6	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | They | the best beach spot |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot spot=Theme |

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