--- title: what's the new tale about, the seals, yeah? — The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, Mo… · tree and pragmatics description: what's the new tale about, the seals, yeah? Test 8 · ★ 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' --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/615-pg236-part16/t8/) [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, Mo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/615-pg236-part16/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, Mowgli dances on Shere… what's the new tale about, the seals, yeah? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** new tale This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:615-pg236-part16:t8:1 # text = what's the new tale about, the seals, yeah? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 about about ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 seals seal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the new tale | | | | the seals *nmod*; about *property* | tree rules | 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} Yeah, seals fighting for room on the beach and a bull who never lost a single fight, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:615-pg236-part16:t8:o1:1 # text = Yeah, seals fighting for room on the beach and a bull who never lost a single fight, mate 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 seals seal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 fighting fight VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 14 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fight** | gerund | seals and mate *not said here* | | | | | for room on the beach and a bull | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **lose** | past | a bull | a single fight | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, seals fighting over the fish, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:615-pg236-part16:t8:o2:1 # text = Yeah, seals fighting over the fish, mate 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 seals seal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 fighting fight VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 over over ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fight** | gerund | seals and mate *not said here* | | | | | over the fish | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.theme NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent over fish=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, seals fighting for room on the beach ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:615-pg236-part16:t8:o3:1 # text = Yeah, seals fighting for room on the beach 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 seals seal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 fighting fight VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fight** | gerund | seals *not said here* | | | the beach | | for room | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Nah, it's about a wolf, bruv, not seals ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:615-pg236-part16:t8:o4:1 # text = Nah, it's about a wolf, bruv, not seals 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 about about ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 seals seal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | a wolf and bruv and seals | | | | about *property* | tree rules | **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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