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title: What was the name conferred upon Little Toomai by Machua Appa upon h… — Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants:… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the name conferred upon Little Toomai by Machua Appa upon his public elevation? Exam question 1 of lesson 628 «Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants: Little Toomai sees the elephants dance at night and is named Toomai of the Elephants» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the d
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# Exam question 1 · Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants: Little Toomai sees t…

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What was the name conferred upon Little Toomai by Machua Appa upon his public elevation?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Machua · **What happens:** be, confer, elevate · **To what, where:** name

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 628 «Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants: Little Toomai sees the elephants dance at night and is named Toomai of the Elephants» 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/628-pg236-part29/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:628-pg236-part29:e1:1
# text = What was the name conferred upon Little Toomai by Machua Appa upon his public elevation?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	conferred	confer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Little	Little	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	5	obl:agent	_	_
8	Toomai	Toomai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Machua	Machua	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	Appa	Appa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	flat	_	_
12	upon	upon	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	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	elevation	elevation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the name |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **confer** | participle |  | the name *not said here* |  |  |  | by Machua; upon Machua's public elevation | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **elevate** |  | Machua |  |  |  |  |  | nom elevation «event transitive»: poss=agent |

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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}

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Toomai of the Elephants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:628-pg236-part29:e1:o1:1
# text = Toomai of the Elephants
1	Toomai	Toomai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Elephants	Elephant	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Toomai of the Herds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:628-pg236-part29:e1:o2:1
# text = Toomai of the Herds
1	Toomai	Toomai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Herds	herd	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Toomai of the Forest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:628-pg236-part29:e1:o3:1
# text = Toomai of the Forest
1	Toomai	Toomai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Forest	Forest	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Toomai of the Elephants, Child of the Garo Hills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:628-pg236-part29:e1:o4:1
# text = Toomai of the Elephants, Child of the Garo Hills
1	Toomai	Toomai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Elephants	Elephant	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	Child	Child	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Garo	Garo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Hills	Hill	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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