--- title: What was the designation of the official seated beneath the tree who… — The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephan… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the designation of the official seated beneath the tree who disbursed wages to the drivers? Exam question 2 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 depende --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/625-pg236-part26/e2/) [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/625-pg236-part26/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 26: Toomai… What was the designation of the official seated beneath the tree who disbursed wages to the drivers? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** official seated tree · **What happens:** be, seat, disburse · **To what, where:** designation, wages, drivers This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:625-pg236-part26:e2:1 # text = What was the designation of the official seated beneath the tree who disbursed wages to the drivers? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 designation designation NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 7 official official ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 8 seated seat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 9 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 disbursed disburse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 14 wages wage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 drivers driver NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the designation | | | | of the official seated tree | tree rules | | 2 | **seat** | participle | | | | | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location | | 3 | **disburse** | past | the official seated tree | wages | the drivers | | | | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent wage=Theme to driver=Recipient | 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 camp tracker ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:625-pg236-part26:e2:o1:1 # text = the camp tracker 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 camp camp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 tracker tracker NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the cook ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:625-pg236-part26:e2:o2:1 # text = the cook 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cook cook NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} a native clerk ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:625-pg236-part26:e2:o3:1 # text = a native clerk 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 native native ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 clerk clerk NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} a village headman ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:625-pg236-part26:e2:o4:1 # text = a village headman 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 headman headman 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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