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title: Lowkey, what did the top of the hill look like? — The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephan… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lowkey, what did the top of the hill look like? Test 4 · ★ 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 dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Test 4 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 28: Toomai…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lowkey, what did the top of the hill look like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Lowkey, top · **What happens:** do, look · **To what, where:** top

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:627-pg236-part28:t4:1
# text = Lowkey, what did the top of the hill look like?
1	Lowkey	Lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	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	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	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	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl:relcl	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Lowkey | the top of the hill |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent top=Eventuality |
| 2 | **look** | infinitive | the top of the hill *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A clearing with trampled ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:627-pg236-part28:t4:o1:1
# text = A clearing with trampled ground
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	clearing	clearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	trampled	trample	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trample** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A huge open hilltop with tall dead trees scattered across a broken black stony surface

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:627-pg236-part28:t4:o2:1
# text = A huge open hilltop with tall dead trees scattered across a broken black stony surface
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	hilltop	hilltop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
9	scattered	scatter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	across	across	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
12	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
13	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	stony	stony	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scatter** | participle |  | tall dead trees *not said here* |  | a broken black stony surface |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme across surface=Destination |
| 2 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A rocky ledge with some bushes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:627-pg236-part28:t4:o3:1
# text = A rocky ledge with some bushes
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	rocky	rocky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	ledge	ledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	bushes	bush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A wide flat clearing covered in deep leaves and thick moss with a small pond in the middle

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:627-pg236-part28:t4:o4:1
# text = A wide flat clearing covered in deep leaves and thick moss with a small pond in the middle
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	clearing	clearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	moss	moss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | participle |  | a wide flat clearing with a small pond in the middle and thick moss *not said here* |  |  |  | in deep leaves | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in leaf=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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