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title: What is the principal consequence of Kotick's discovery as it is pre… — The Jungle Book, The White Seal, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: What is the principal consequence of Kotick's discovery as it is presented in the passage? Exam question 4 of lesson 619 «The Jungle Book, The White Seal, part 20: Kotick finds a safe island and wins a fight for the seals» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Exam question 4 · The Jungle Book, The White Seal, part 20: Kotick finds a s…

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What is the principal consequence of Kotick's discovery as it is presented in the passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** principal consequence, Kotick · **What happens:** be, present, discover · **To what, where:** principal consequence, discovery, passage

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 619 «The Jungle Book, The White Seal, part 20: Kotick finds a safe island and wins a fight for the seals» 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/619-pg236-part20/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:619-pg236-part20:e4:1
# text = What is the principal consequence of Kotick's discovery as it is presented in the passage?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	Kotick	Kotick	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	discovery	discovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	presented	present	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the principal consequence |  |  |  | of Kotick's discovery | tree rules |
| 2 | **present** | present · passive | the principal consequence *not said here* | discovery |  | the passage |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **discover** |  | Kotick |  |  |  |  |  | nom discovery «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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The seals scatter across the coast in fear.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:619-pg236-part20:e4:o1:1
# text = The seals scatter across the coast in fear.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	seals	seal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	scatter	scatter	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	across	across	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scatter** | present | the seals |  |  | the coast |  | in fear | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme across coast=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The herd returns to the old nurseries.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:619-pg236-part20:e4:o2:1
# text = The herd returns to the old nurseries.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	herd	herd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	returns	return	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	nurseries	nursery	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | present | the herd |  |  |  |  | to the old nurseries *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to nursery=Result |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The seals are persuaded to follow him to an island that men cannot reach

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:619-pg236-part20:e4:o3:1
# text = The seals are persuaded to follow him to an island that men cannot reach
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	seals	seal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	persuaded	persuade	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	obj	_	_
12	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
13	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **persuade** | present · passive |  | the seals |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result |
| 2 | **follow** | to-infinitive | the seals *not said here* | him *= he* |  | a island |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme to island=Trajectory |
| 3 | **not** **reach** | can | men | a island |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent that=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The seals are forced to retreat from the beaches under heavy attack.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:619-pg236-part20:e4:o4:1
# text = The seals are forced to retreat from the beaches under heavy attack.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	seals	seal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	forced	force	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	retreat	retreat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	beaches	beach	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	under	under	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	attack	attack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **force** | present · passive |  | the seals |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **retreat** | to-infinitive | the seals *not said here* |  |  | the beaches under heavy attack |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from beach=Initial\_Location |

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