--- title: is the holluschickie thing like a seal teen phase? — The Jungle Book, The White Seal, part… · tree and pragmatics description: is the holluschickie thing like a seal teen phase? Test 12 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/616-pg236-part17/t12/) [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, The White Seal, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/616-pg236-part17/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · The Jungle Book, The White Seal, part 17: Sea Catch return… is the holluschickie thing like a seal teen phase? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** holluschickie thing This is test 12 · ★ 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. 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:616-pg236-part17:t12:1 # text = is the holluschickie thing like a seal teen phase? 1 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 holluschickie holluschickie NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 seal seal NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 teen teen NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 phase phase NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the holluschickie thing | | | | like a teen phase | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yeah, young males stay on their own beach ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:616-pg236-part17:t12:o1:1 # text = Yeah, young males stay on their own beach 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 males male NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 stay stay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | present | young males | | | males's own beach | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on beach=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, the young bulls stay apart ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:616-pg236-part17:t12:o2:1 # text = Yeah, the young bulls stay apart 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 bulls bull NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 stay stay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 apart apart ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | present | the young bulls | | | | | apart *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, it's when young males are kicked off the main beach and have to fight for space ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:616-pg236-part17:t12:o3:1 # text = Yeah, it's when young males are kicked off the main beach and have to fight for space 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 6 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 males male NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 kicked kick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 off off ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 main main ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present · passive | | it | | | | off the main beach; kick *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **fight** | to-infinitive | | | | | | for space | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Yeah, young bachelor seals keep their own grounds ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:616-pg236-part17:t12:o4:1 # text = Yeah, young bachelor seals keep their own grounds 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 bachelor bachelor NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 seals seal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 grounds grounds NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | young bachelor seals | seals's own grounds | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grounds=Theme | **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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