--- title: so the seals were mad at Kotick for trying to help, right? — The Jungle Book, The White Seal, part… · tree and pragmatics description: so the seals were mad at Kotick for trying to help, right? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 618 «The Jungle Book, The White Seal, part 19: Kotick mocks Sea Vitch, then searches the seas for a quiet island and finds men had been there first» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/618-pg236-part19/t3/) [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/618-pg236-part19/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · The Jungle Book, The White Seal, part 19: Kotick mocks Sea… so the seals were mad at Kotick for trying to help, right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** seals · **What happens:** be, try, help · **To what, where:** Kotick This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 618 «The Jungle Book, The White Seal, part 19: Kotick mocks Sea Vitch, then searches the seas for a quiet island and finds men had been there first» 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/618-pg236-part19/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:618-pg236-part19:t3:1 # text = so the seals were mad at Kotick for trying to help, right? 1 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 seals seal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Kotick Kotick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 for for SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 right right INTJ UH _ 11 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the seals | | | Kotick | | mad *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **try** | gerund | the seals *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **help** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the seals *not said here* | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | 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} nah, they just told him off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:618-pg236-part19:t3:o1:1 # text = nah, they just told him off 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell off** *speech: assert* | past | they | | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} yeah, they told him to hush ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:618-pg236-part19:t3:o2:1 # text = yeah, they told him to hush 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 hush hush VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | they | | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **hush** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} nah, they just said he should grow up ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:618-pg236-part19:t3:o3:1 # text = nah, they just said he should grow up 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | they | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **grow up** | should | he | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} yeah, they were mad and yelled at him to leave the rookery now ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:618-pg236-part19:t3:o4:1 # text = yeah, they were mad and yelled at him to leave the rookery now 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 yelled yell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 rookery rookery NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | they | | | | | mad *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **yell** *speech: express* | past | they *not said here* | | | | | at him *= he* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at he=Stimulus | | 3 | **leave** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | the rookery | | | now | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rookery=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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