--- title: lol, what was Toomai's excuse for the corn? — The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephan… · tree and pragmatics description: lol, what was Toomai's excuse for the corn? Test 12 · ★ 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 dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/625-pg236-part26/t12/) [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/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 26: Toomai… lol, what was Toomai's excuse for the corn? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** excuse This is test 12 · ★ 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. 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:625-pg236-part26:t12:1 # text = lol, what was Toomai's excuse for the corn? 1 lol lol INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 Toomai Toomai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 excuse excuse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | Toomai's excuse | | | | for the corn | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} melons, not green corn ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:625-pg236-part26:t12:o1:1 # text = melons, not green corn 1 melons melon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} a bag of green beans ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:625-pg236-part26:t12:o2:1 # text = a bag of green beans 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 beans bean NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} green peas, not corn ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:625-pg236-part26:t12:o3:1 # text = green peas, not corn 1 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 peas pea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} melons, the trick was for melons, not green corn from the fields ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:625-pg236-part26:t12:o4:1 # text = melons, the trick was for melons, not green corn from the fields 1 melons melon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 melons melon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 10 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the trick | | | | | for melons | tree rules | **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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