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# Test 1 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 28: Toomai…

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Bro, so Toomai actually snuck off after the elephant in the middle of the night, no cap?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bro · **What happens:** snuck off · **To what, where:** middle

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This is test 1 · ★ 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. 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/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:627-pg236-part28:t1:1
# text = Bro, so Toomai actually snuck off after the elephant in the middle of the night, no cap?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	Toomai	Toomai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	snuck	snuck	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	elephant	elephant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	19	det	_	_
19	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snuck off** | past | Bro |  |  | the middle of the night and no cap | after the elephant | actually *property* | 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}

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Nah, Kala Nag came to the camp on his own and took Toomai out of his bed without the boy knowing

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:627-pg236-part28:t1:o1:1
# text = Nah, Kala Nag came to the camp on his own and took Toomai out of his bed without the boy knowing
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Kala	Kala	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	Nag	Nag	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
5	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	camp	camp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
14	Toomai	Toomai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
15	out	out	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
19	without	without	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
22	knowing	know	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	21	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Kala |  |  | Kala's own |  | to the camp | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to camp=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **take** | past | Kala *not said here* | Toomai |  | Kala's bed |  | without the boy | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent toomai=Theme out bed=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **know** | gerund | the boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yep, he begged Kala Nag to take him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:627-pg236-part28:t1:o2:1
# text = Yep, he begged Kala Nag to take him
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Kala	Kala	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	Nag	Nag	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | he |  | Kala |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent kala=Recipient |
| 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  | Kala |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he asked Kala Nag to come

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:627-pg236-part28:t1:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he asked Kala Nag to come
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Kala	Kala	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	iobj	_	_
6	Nag	Nag	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | he |  | Kala |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent kala=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **come** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he begged the elephant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:627-pg236-part28:t1:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he begged the elephant
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	elephant	elephant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | he |  | the elephant |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent elephant=Recipient |

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