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title: Which statement most accurately characterises Matkah's attitude towa… — The Jungle Book, The White Seal, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which statement most accurately characterises Matkah's attitude toward the colony's reputation? Exam question 1 of lesson 616 «The Jungle Book, The White Seal, part 17: Sea Catch returns battered, Kotick is born white, and he grows up to fish at sea» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wit
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# Exam question 1 · The Jungle Book, The White Seal, part 17: Sea Catch return…

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Which statement most accurately characterises Matkah's attitude toward the colony's reputation?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** statement, colony · **What happens:** characteris, repute · **To what, where:** attitude

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 616 «The Jungle Book, The White Seal, part 17: Sea Catch returns battered, Kotick is born white, and he grows up to fish at sea» 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/616-pg236-part17/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:616-pg236-part17:e1:1
# text = Which statement most accurately characterises Matkah's attitude toward the colony's reputation?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Matkah	Matkah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	attitude	attitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	colony	colony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	reputation	reputation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **characteris** | present | which statement | Matkah's attitude |  |  |  | toward the colony's reputation; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **repute** |  | the colony |  |  |  |  |  | nom reputation «state transitive»: 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 {#o1}

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She felt the seals should mix freely with the bachelors on the rocks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:616-pg236-part17:e1:o1:1
# text = She felt the seals should mix freely with the bachelors on the rocks
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	seals	seal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	mix	mix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	freely	freely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bachelors	bachelor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **mix** | should | the seals |  |  |  |  | with the bachelors on the rocks; freely *property* | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with bachelor=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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She argued that the colony's reputation depended on the young bulls staying away from the rookery and the sea

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:616-pg236-part17:e1:o2:1
# text = She argued that the colony's reputation depended on the young bulls staying away from the rookery and the sea
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	argued	argue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	colony	colony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	reputation	reputation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	depended	depend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	bulls	bull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
13	staying	stay	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
14	away	away	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	rookery	rookery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **depend** | past | the colony's reputation |  |  |  |  | on the young bulls | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on bull=Theme |
| 3 | **stay away** | gerund | the young bulls *not said here* |  |  | the rookery and the sea |  | away *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **repute** |  | the colony |  |  |  |  |  | nom reputation «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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

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She held that the seals must preserve appearances and avoid Otter Island

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:616-pg236-part17:e1:o3:1
# text = She held that the seals must preserve appearances and avoid Otter Island
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	seals	seal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	preserve	preserve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	appearances	appearance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	avoid	avoid	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	Otter	Otter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Island	Island	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past | She | Otter Island |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **preserve** | must | the seals | appearances |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appearance=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **avoid** | present | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She thought the holluschickie deserved to be ignored by the colony

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:616-pg236-part17:e1:o4:1
# text = She thought the holluschickie deserved to be ignored by the colony
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	holluschickie	holluschickie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	deserved	deserve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	ignored	ignore	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	xcomp	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	colony	colony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **deserve** | past | the holluschickie |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **ignore** | to-infinitive · passive | the colony |  |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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