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title: Was Teddy's dad proper brave or what? — Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi: Rikki-t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was Teddy's dad proper brave or what? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 623 «Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi: Rikki-tikki destroys the cobra eggs, saves Teddy, and kills Nagaina» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice 
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# Test 7 · ★ · Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi: Rikki-tikki destroys the co…

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Was Teddy's dad proper brave or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad · **What happens:** be

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 623 «Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi: Rikki-tikki destroys the cobra eggs, saves Teddy, and kills Nagaina» 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/623-pg236-part24/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:623-pg236-part24:t7:1
# text = Was Teddy's dad proper brave or what?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
2	Teddy	Teddy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Teddy's dad |  |  |  |  | brave *property* | tree rules |

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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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Yeah, he dragged Teddy across the table to safety from the cobra

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:623-pg236-part24:t7:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he dragged Teddy across the table to safety from the cobra
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dragged	drag	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Teddy	Teddy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	across	across	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	cobra	cobra	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drag** | past | he | Teddy |  | the table |  | to safety; from the cobra | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent teddy=Theme to safety=Destination from cobra=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He hauled Teddy off the chair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:623-pg236-part24:t7:o2:1
# text = He hauled Teddy off the chair
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hauled	haul	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Teddy	Teddy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **haul** | past | He | Teddy |  | the chair |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent teddy=Theme off chair=Initial\_Location |

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

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He dragged Teddy to safety

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:623-pg236-part24:t7:o3:1
# text = He dragged Teddy to safety
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dragged	drag	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Teddy	Teddy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drag** | past | He | Teddy |  | safety |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent teddy=Theme to safety=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He grabbed Teddy in time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:623-pg236-part24:t7:o4:1
# text = He grabbed Teddy in time
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Teddy	Teddy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | past | He | Teddy |  |  | time |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teddy=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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