--- title: Specify the implement by which the elephant is directed by its driver. — The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephan… · tree and pragmatics description: Specify the implement by which the elephant is directed by its driver. Exam question 3 of lesson 624 «The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 1: Kala Nag, the old elephant, and Little Toomai tease each other about the jungle hunts» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depend --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/624-pg236-part25/e3/) [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, Toomai of the Elephan…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/624-pg236-part25/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 1: Kala Nag… Specify the implement by which the elephant is directed by its driver. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, implement · **What happens:** specify, direct · **To what, where:** implement, elephant This is exam question 3 of lesson 624 «The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 1: Kala Nag, the old elephant, and Little Toomai tease each other about the jungle hunts» 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/624-pg236-part25/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:624-pg236-part25:e3:1 # text = Specify the implement by which the elephant is directed by its driver. 1 Specify specify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 implement implement NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 elephant elephant NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 directed direct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 driver driver NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **specify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the implement | | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent implement=Theme | | 2 | **direct** | present · passive | the implement | the elephant | | | | by elephant's driver | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent subject=Theme by driver=Eventuality | 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} the sharp iron ankus the driver holds ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:624-pg236-part25:e3:o1:1 # text = the sharp iron ankus the driver holds 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 ankus ankus NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 driver driver NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 holds hold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | present | the sharp iron ankus | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} the iron ankus of the driver ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:624-pg236-part25:e3:o2:1 # text = the iron ankus of the driver 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 iron iron ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 ankus ankus NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 driver driver NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} the ankus ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:624-pg236-part25:e3:o3:1 # text = the ankus 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ankus ankus NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} the goad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:624-pg236-part25:e3:o4:1 # text = the goad 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 goad goad NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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