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description: What was the principal cause of Big Toomai's displeasure with his son on the morning following the drive? Exam question 1 of lesson 625 «The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 26: Toomai is scolded, then brought before Petersen Sahib» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the de
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# Exam question 1 · The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 26: Toomai…

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What was the principal cause of Big Toomai's displeasure with his son on the morning following the drive?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** principal cause, Big Toomai · **What happens:** be, follow, displease · **To what, where:** principal cause, drive

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 625 «The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 26: Toomai is scolded, then brought before Petersen Sahib» 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/625-pg236-part26/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:625-pg236-part26:e1:1
# text = What was the principal cause of Big Toomai's displeasure with his son on the morning following the drive?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|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	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	Big	Big	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Toomai	Toomai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	displeasure	displeasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
17	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	drive	drive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the principal cause |  |  |  | of Big Toomai's displeasure with Toomai's son on the morning | tree rules |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund | the principal cause *not said here* | the drive |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drive=Theme |
| 3 | **displease** |  | Big Toomai |  |  |  | on the morning | with Toomai's son | nom displeasure «feeling transitive»: poss=agent with=obl on=obl |

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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 boy had meddled in the work of the drivers and the sahib's keddah men all night long

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:625-pg236-part26:e1:o1:1
# text = the boy had meddled in the work of the drivers and the sahib's keddah men all night long
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	meddled	meddle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	drivers	driver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sahib	sahib	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	keddah	keddah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
17	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
18	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
19	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	18	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meddle** | past · perfect · passive |  | the boy |  | the work of the drivers and the sahib's keddah men | night |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **work** |  | the drivers and the sahib's keddah men |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the boy had stolen the elephants' food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:625-pg236-part26:e1:o2:1
# text = the boy had stolen the elephants' food
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	stolen	steal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past · perfect · passive |  | the boy |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary food=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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the boy had broken a rope in the pen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:625-pg236-part26:e1:o3:1
# text = the boy had broken a rope in the pen
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pen	pen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | past · perfect · passive |  | the boy |  | the pen |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient rope=Result |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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the boy had meddled in the work of the jungle folk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:625-pg236-part26:e1:o4:1
# text = the boy had meddled in the work of the jungle folk
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	meddled	meddle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	jungle	jungle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meddle** | past · perfect · passive |  | the boy |  | the work of the jungle folk |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **work** |  | the jungle folk |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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