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title: Identify the sum of money which Petersen Sahib bestowed upon the you… — The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephan… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the sum of money which Petersen Sahib bestowed upon the young Toomai. Exam question 1 of lesson 626 «The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 27: Petersen Sahib praises Little Toomai, and Kala Nag breaks loose at night» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency
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# Exam question 1 · The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 27: Peterse…

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Identify the sum of money which Petersen Sahib bestowed upon the young Toomai.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Petersen · **What happens:** identify, bestow, sum · **To what, where:** sum, money

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 626 «The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 27: Petersen Sahib praises Little Toomai, and Kala Nag breaks loose at night» 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/626-pg236-part27/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:626-pg236-part27:e1:1
# text = Identify the sum of money which Petersen Sahib bestowed upon the young Toomai.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
7	Petersen	Petersen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	Sahib	Sahib	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	_
9	bestowed	bestow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	Toomai	Toomai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the sum of money |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent sum=Theme |
| 2 | **bestow** | past | Petersen | money |  |  |  | upon the young Toomai | tree rules |
| 3 | **sum** |  |  | money |  |  |  |  | nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Two annas, meant to buy a tin of sweets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:626-pg236-part27:e1:o1:1
# text = Two annas, meant to buy a tin of sweets
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	annas	anna	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	meant	mean	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tin	tin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | participle · passive |  | Two annas |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **buy** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | a tin of sweets |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tin=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Four annas, a small coin, intended for the purchase of sweetmeats at the bazaar

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:626-pg236-part27:e1:o2:1
# text = Four annas, a small coin, intended for the purchase of sweetmeats at the bazaar
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	annas	anna	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	intended	intend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	purchase	purchase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	sweetmeats	sweetmeat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	bazaar	bazaar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **intend** | participle |  | Four annas and a small coin *not said here* |  |  |  | for the purchase of sweetmeats at the bazaar | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **purchase** |  |  | sweetmeats |  | the bazaar |  |  | nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient at=place |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A rupee and four annas, meant for the purchase of sweetmeats for the whole camp

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:626-pg236-part27:e1:o3:1
# text = A rupee and four annas, meant for the purchase of sweetmeats for the whole camp
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rupee	rupee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	annas	anna	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	meant	mean	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	purchase	purchase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	sweetmeats	sweetmeat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	camp	camp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | participle |  | a rupee and four annas *not said here* |  |  |  | for the purchase of sweetmeats for the whole camp | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot for purchase=Attribute |
| 2 | **purchase** |  |  | sweetmeats |  |  |  | for the whole camp | nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient for=obl |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Four annas, intended for the purchase of sweetmeats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:626-pg236-part27:e1:o4:1
# text = Four annas, intended for the purchase of sweetmeats
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	annas	anna	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	intended	intend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	purchase	purchase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	sweetmeats	sweetmeat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **intend** | participle · passive |  | Four annas |  |  |  | for the purchase of sweetmeats | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **purchase** |  |  | sweetmeats |  |  |  |  | nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient |

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