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title: With reference to the passage, describe the condition in which Kala… — The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephan… · tree and pragmatics
description: With reference to the passage, describe the condition in which Kala Nag travelled through the valley. Exam question 3 of lesson 627 «The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 28: Toomai rides Kala Nag to the secret elephant gathering» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depen
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# Exam question 3 · The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 28: Toomai…

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With reference to the passage, describe the condition in which Kala Nag travelled through the valley.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Kala · **What happens:** describe, travel · **To what, where:** condition

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 627 «The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 28: Toomai rides Kala Nag to the secret elephant gathering» 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/627-pg236-part28/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:627-pg236-part28:e3:1
# text = With reference to the passage, describe the condition in which Kala Nag travelled through the valley.
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
12	Kala	Kala	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	Nag	Nag	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	flat	_	_
14	travelled	travel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
15	through	through	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the condition |  |  |  | with reference to the passage | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme |
| 2 | **travel** | past | Kala |  |  | the condition |  | through the valley | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Trajectory |

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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 {#o1}

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He walked carefully over the wet stones of the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:627-pg236-part28:e3:o1:1
# text = He walked carefully over the wet stones of the river
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past | He |  |  | the wet stones of the river |  | carefully *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over stone=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He moved steadily through the tall grass and thorns

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:627-pg236-part28:e3:o2:1
# text = He moved steadily through the tall grass and thorns
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	steadily	steadily	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	thorns	thorn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | past | He |  |  | the tall grass and thorns |  | steadily *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme through grass=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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He slid down the steep sides of the hill very slowly on his back legs, bracing himself against the trees and then crossing the valley floor at a walk

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:627-pg236-part28:e3:o3:1
# text = He slid down the steep sides of the hill very slowly on his back legs, bracing himself against the trees and then crossing the valley floor at a walk
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	slid	slide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	down	down	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	steep	steep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sides	side	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	very	very	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	bracing	brace	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
18	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	17	obj	_	_
19	against	against	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
23	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	24	advmod	_	_
24	crossing	cross	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	17	conj	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	compound	_	_
27	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
28	at	at	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slide down** | past | He | the steep sides of the hill |  | his back legs |  | slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent side=Theme on leg=Trajectory |
| 2 | **brace** | gerund | He *not said here* | himself *= he* |  |  |  | against the trees | tree rules |
| 3 | **cross** | gerund | He *not said here* | the valley floor |  | a walk | then |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent floor=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He ran in one rush, as a runaway gun descends a steep bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:627-pg236-part28:e3:o4:1
# text = He ran in one rush, as a runaway gun descends a steep bank
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	rush	rush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	runaway	runaway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	gun	gun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	descends	descend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	steep	steep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | He |  |  | one rush |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in rush=Trajectory |
| 2 | **descend** | present | a runaway gun | a steep bank |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bank=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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