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title: bruh, why did the hunters even bring the seals up to the pens? — Jungle Book, The White Seal, part 18:… · tree and pragmatics
description: bruh, why did the hunters even bring the seals up to the pens? Test 2 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Test 2 · ★ · Jungle Book, The White Seal, part 18: Kotick sees men club…

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bruh, why did the hunters even bring the seals up to the pens?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hunters · **What happens:** bring up · **To what, where:** seals

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This is test 2 · ★ 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. 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:617-pg236-part18:t2:1
# text = bruh, why did the hunters even bring the seals up to the pens?
1	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hunters	hunter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	seals	seal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	pens	pen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring up** | past · do-support | the hunters | the seals |  |  |  | to the pens | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent seal=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 {#o1}

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To club the young bachelor seals for their skins and fat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:617-pg236-part18:t2:o1:1
# text = To club the young bachelor seals for their skins and fat
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	bachelor	bachelor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	seals	seal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	skins	skin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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To sell the fur overseas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:617-pg236-part18:t2:o2:1
# text = To sell the fur overseas
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sell	sell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	overseas	overseas	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | to-infinitive |  | the fur |  |  |  | overseas *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fur=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Because the old bulls ordered it every single season

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:617-pg236-part18:t2:o3:1
# text = Because the old bulls ordered it every single season
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bulls	bull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
8	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	season	season	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | past | the old bulls | it |  |  | season |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To make seal-skin jackets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:617-pg236-part18:t2:o4:1
# text = To make seal-skin jackets
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	seal	seal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	jackets	jacket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | skin jackets |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset jacket=Product |

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