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title: why did the elephants all stand up and rumble? — The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephan… · tree and pragmatics
description: why did the elephants all stand up and rumble? Test 11 · ★ 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 tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 11 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 27: Peterse…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
why did the elephants all stand up and rumble?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, stand up, rumble · **To what, where:** elephants

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This is test 11 · ★ 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. 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:626-pg236-part27:t11:1
# text = why did the elephants all stand up and rumble?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	stand	stand	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	rumble	rumble	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the elephants |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent elephant=Eventuality |
| 2 | **stand up** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **rumble** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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}

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because of the wild elephant call they heard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:626-pg236-part27:t11:o1:1
# text = because of the wild elephant call they heard
1	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	6	case	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	elephant	elephant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | they | the wild elephant call *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer call=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
because they heard the wild elephant call far away and answered it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:626-pg236-part27:t11:o2:1
# text = because they heard the wild elephant call far away and answered it
1	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	elephant	elephant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	answered	answer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | they | the wild elephant call |  |  |  | away *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer call=Stimulus |
| 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | they *not said here* | call |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
because the tame herd was scared of the moon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:626-pg236-part27:t11:o3:1
# text = because the tame herd was scared of the moon
1	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	tame	tame	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	herd	herd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the tame herd |  |  |  |  | of the moon; scared *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
because the drivers had tied their chains too tight during the night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:626-pg236-part27:t11:o4:1
# text = because the drivers had tied their chains too tight during the night
1	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	drivers	driver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	chains	chain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	tight	tight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
10	during	during	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | past · perfect · passive |  | the drivers |  |  | night | tight *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient chain=Result |

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