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title: Which of the following describes the principal action undertaken by… — Jungle Book, The White Seal, part 18:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following describes the principal action undertaken by the protagonist Kotick in the present part of the narrative? Exam question 1 of lesson 617 «Jungle Book, The White Seal, part 18: Kotick sees men club a herd of young seals and asks where seals can go to be safe» of the books course
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# Exam question 1 · Jungle Book, The White Seal, part 18: Kotick sees men club…

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Which of the following describes the principal action undertaken by the protagonist Kotick in the present part of the narrative?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, be, undertake · **To what, where:** principal action, present part

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 617 «Jungle Book, The White Seal, part 18: Kotick sees men club a herd of young seals and asks where seals can go to be safe» 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/617-pg236-part18/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:617-pg236-part18:e1:1
# text = Which of the following describes the principal action undertaken by the protagonist Kotick in the present part of the narrative?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	case	_	_
5	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	undertaken	undertake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	Kotick	Kotick	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	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 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the principal action | tree rules |
| 3 | **undertake** | participle |  | the principal action *not said here* |  | the present part of the narrative |  | by the protagonist | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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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He attacks the hunters at the killing-grounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:617-pg236-part18:e1:o1:1
# text = He attacks the hunters at the killing-grounds
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	attacks	attack	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hunters	hunter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	killing	killing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	grounds	grounds	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attack** | present | He | the hunters |  | the killing grounds |  |  | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hunter=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He petitions Sea Vitch for a refuge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:617-pg236-part18:e1:o2:1
# text = He petitions Sea Vitch for a refuge
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	petitions	petition	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	Vitch	Vitch	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	refuge	refuge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **petition** | present | He | Sea |  |  |  | for a refuge | tree rules |

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

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He withdraws from the killing-grounds and petitions the walrus Sea Vitch concerning a refuge free from human presence

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:617-pg236-part18:e1:o3:1
# text = He withdraws from the killing-grounds and petitions the walrus Sea Vitch concerning a refuge free from human presence
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	withdraws	withdraw	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	killing	killing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	grounds	grounds	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	petitions	petition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	walrus	Walrus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
13	Vitch	Vitch	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	flat	_	_
14	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	refuge	refuge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl:unmarked	_	_
17	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **withdraw** | present | He | the walrus Sea |  | the killing grounds and petitions |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from grounds=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  | human presence |  | free *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He escapes the killing-grounds and seeks out the walrus Sea Vitch to ask for an island where no human ever lands

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:617-pg236-part18:e1:o4:1
# text = He escapes the killing-grounds and seeks out the walrus Sea Vitch to ask for an island where no human ever lands
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	escapes	escape	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	killing	killing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	grounds	grounds	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	2	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	seeks	seek	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	walrus	Walrus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Vitch	Vitch	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	23	advmod	_	_
20	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	21	det	_	_
21	human	human	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
22	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	23	advmod	_	_
23	lands	land	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **escape** | present | He | the killing grounds |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme grounds=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **seek out** | present | He *not said here* | the Sea Vitch |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for a island | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **land** | present | no human |  |  |  | ever |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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