--- title: bro, what did the old dying seal want Kotick to do? — The Jungle Book, The White Seal, part… · tree and pragmatics description: bro, what did the old dying seal want Kotick to do? Test 7 · ★ 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 and pra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/618-pg236-part19/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · The Jungle Book, The White Seal, part 19: Kotick mocks Sea… bro, what did the old dying seal want Kotick to do? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bro, Kotick · **What happens:** do, die, want · **To what, where:** old dying seal, Kotick This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:618-pg236-part19:t7:1 # text = bro, what did the old dying seal want Kotick to do? 1 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 dying die VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 amod _ _ 8 seal seal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 Kotick Kotick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | bro | the old dying seal | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seal=Eventuality | | 2 | **die** | gerund | | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **want** | present | bro | Kotick | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Kotick *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} lead the seals somewhere quiet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:618-pg236-part19:t7:o1:1 # text = lead the seals somewhere quiet 1 lead lead VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 seals seal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 somewhere somewhere ADV RB PronType=Ind 1 advmod _ _ 5 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | imperative | you *not said here* | the seals | | | | quiet, somewhere *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seal=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} find the seals a quiet home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:618-pg236-part19:t7:o2:1 # text = find the seals a quiet home 1 find find VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 seals seal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | imperative | you *not said here* | the seals | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seal=Topic | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} lead the seals somewhere quiet and far from the men ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:618-pg236-part19:t7:o3:1 # text = lead the seals somewhere quiet and far from the men 1 lead lead VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 seals seal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 somewhere somewhere ADV RB PronType=Ind 1 advmod _ _ 5 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | imperative | you *not said here* | the seals | | | | from the men; somewhere *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent seal=Theme from man=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} lead all the seals to a quiet island where nobody hunts them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:618-pg236-part19:t7:o4:1 # text = lead all the seals to a quiet island where nobody hunts them 1 lead lead VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 4 det:predet _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 seals seal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 9 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 11 advmod _ _ 10 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 11 nsubj _ _ 11 hunts hunt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | imperative | you *not said here* | all seals | | a quiet island | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent seal=Theme to island=Destination | | 2 | **hunt** | present | nobody | seals *= seal* | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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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