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title: Fr, how many elephants showed up for the thing? — The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephan… · tree and pragmatics
description: Fr, how many elephants showed up for the thing? Test 5 · ★ 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 5 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 28: Toomai…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fr, how many elephants showed up for the thing?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Fr · **What happens:** show up

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:627-pg236-part28:t5:1
# text = Fr, how many elephants showed up for the thing?
1	Fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show up** | past | Fr |  |  |  |  | for the thing | vn appear-48.1.1 «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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
More elephants than anyone in the camp had ever seen gathered together in one place at one time

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:627-pg236-part28:t5:o1:1
# text = More elephants than anyone in the camp had ever seen gathered together in one place at one time
1	More	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
3	than	than	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	nmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	camp	camp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	10	advmod	_	_
10	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
11	gathered	gather	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	xcomp	_	_
12	together	together	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past · perfect | More elephants than anyone |  |  |  | ever |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **gather** | participle | More elephants than anyone *not said here* |  |  | one place | time | together *property* | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
So many wild elephants that the whole hillside seemed to be moving with their dark grey backs

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:627-pg236-part28:t5:o2:1
# text = So many wild elephants that the whole hillside seemed to be moving with their dark grey backs
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	hillside	hillside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	seemed	seem	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux	_	_
12	moving	move	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	xcomp	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
15	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	backs	back	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seem** | past | many wild elephants |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **move** | to-infinitive · progressive | many wild elephants *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with elephants's dark grey backs | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Scores and scores of them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:627-pg236-part28:t5:o3:1
# text = Scores and scores of them
1	Scores	score	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	scores	score	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **score** |  |  | Scores *= score* |  |  |  |  | nom score «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dozens of them, all moving

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:627-pg236-part28:t5:o4:1
# text = Dozens of them, all moving
1	Dozens	dozen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nsubj	_	_
6	moving	move	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | gerund | Dozens of them |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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