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title: how'd the night noises sound, like totally silent? — The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephan… · tree and pragmatics
description: how'd the night noises sound, like totally silent? Test 9 · ★ 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 quest
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# Test 9 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 27: Peterse…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
how'd the night noises sound, like totally silent?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** night · **What happens:** noise · **To what, where:** sound

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:626-pg236-part27:t9:1
# text = how'd the night noises sound, like totally silent?
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	noises	noise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
6	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **noise** | present | the night | sound |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 -->
yeah, the whole jungle went totally silent as the moon rose over the hills

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:626-pg236-part27:t9:o1:1
# text = yeah, the whole jungle went totally silent as the moon rose over the hills
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	jungle	jungle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
13	over	over	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | the whole jungle |  |  |  |  | silent *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **rise** | past | the moon |  |  | the hills |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over hill=Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, lots of tiny sounds made one big silence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:626-pg236-part27:t9:o2:1
# text = nah, lots of tiny sounds made one big silence
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
9	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | lots of tiny sounds | one big silence |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset silence=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, lots of tiny sounds, the rustle and hoot, made one big silence

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:626-pg236-part27:t9:o3:1
# text = nah, lots of tiny sounds, the rustle and hoot, made one big silence
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rustle	rustle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	hoot	hoot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
13	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
15	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | lots of tiny sounds and the rustle and hoot | one big silence |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset silence=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, there were no sounds at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:626-pg236-part27:t9:o4:1
# text = yeah, there were no sounds at all
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	4	expl	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | no sounds |  | all |  |  | tree rules |

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