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title: Which of the following accurately describes the navigational advice… — The Jungle Book, The White Seal, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following accurately describes the navigational advice given by Sea Pig the Porpoise? Exam question 3 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, 
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# Exam question 3 · The Jungle Book, The White Seal, part 17: Sea Catch return…

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Which of the following accurately describes the navigational advice given by Sea Pig the Porpoise?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, describe, give · **To what, where:** navigational advice

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:616-pg236-part17:e3:1
# text = Which of the following accurately describes the navigational advice given by Sea Pig the Porpoise?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	navigational	navigational	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Pig	Pig	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Porpoise	Porpoise	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | present |  |  |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **give** | participle |  | the navigational advice *not said here* |  |  |  | by Sea Pig | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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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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If the tail itches, the seal should swim south

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:616-pg236-part17:e3:o1:1
# text = If the tail itches, the seal should swim south
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	itches	itch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	seal	seal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	south	south	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **itch** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the tail |  |  |  |  |  | vn pain-40.8.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **swim** | should | the seal |  |  |  |  | south *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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When the tail tingles south of the Equator, one must head north

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:616-pg236-part17:e3:o2:1
# text = When the tail tingles south of the Equator, one must head north
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tingles	tingle	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	south	south	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Equator	Equator	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
11	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
13	north	north	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tingle** | present | the tail |  |  |  |  | of the Equator | vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Whenever the tail tingles anywhere in the southern ocean, the seal should find the nearest shelter immediately

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:616-pg236-part17:e3:o3:1
# text = Whenever the tail tingles anywhere in the southern ocean, the seal should find the nearest shelter immediately
1	Whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tingles	tingle	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
5	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	southern	southern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	seal	seal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	nearest	near	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	17	amod	_	_
17	shelter	shelter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tingle** | present | the tail |  |  | the southern ocean |  | anywhere, whenever *property* | vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **find** | should | the seal | the nearest shelter |  |  |  | immediately *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shelter=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A tingling tail means the gale comes from the north

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:616-pg236-part17:e3:o4:1
# text = A tingling tail means the gale comes from the north
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tingling	tingling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	gale	gale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | a tingling tail |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **come** | present | the gale |  |  | the north |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from north=Initial\_Location |

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