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title: fr, what did the laughing men find so funny? — The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephan… · tree and pragmatics
description: fr, what did the laughing men find so funny? Test 7 · ★ 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
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# Test 7 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 26: Toomai…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fr, what did the laughing men find so funny?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** laughing men · **What happens:** laugh, find · **To what, where:** fr

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:625-pg236-part26:t7:1
# text = fr, what did the laughing men find so funny?
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **find** | past · do-support | the laughing men | fr |  |  |  | funny *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the melons, cause they all taught elephants that trick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:625-pg236-part26:t7:o1:1
# text = the melons, cause they all taught elephants that trick
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	melons	melon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	cause	cause	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	taught	teach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	trick	trick	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present | the melons |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **teach** *speech: other* | past | melons *= melon* |  | elephants |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent elephant=Recipient |
| 3 | **trick** | present | elephants |  |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the boy's answer about the green crops

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:625-pg236-part26:t7:o2:1
# text = the boy's answer about the green crops
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	crops	crop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** |  | the boy |  |  |  |  | about the green crops | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent about=obl |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the melons, cause every one of them had taught their elephants that same trick back at camp

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:625-pg236-part26:t7:o3:1
# text = the melons, cause every one of them had taught their elephants that same trick back at camp
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	melons	melon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	cause	cause	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	taught	teach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	ccomp	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	det	_	_
14	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
16	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	camp	camp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present | the melons | that same trick |  | camp |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **teach** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive |  | every one of melons | melons's elephants |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient elephant=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the sahib's odd remark about the corn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:625-pg236-part26:t7:o4:1
# text = the sahib's odd remark about the corn
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sahib	sahib	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	odd	odd	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	remark	remark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remark** |  | the sahib |  |  |  |  | about the corn | nom remark «communication transitive»: poss=agent about=obl |

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