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title: Which substance was used to mark the forehead of the young initiate? — Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which substance was used to mark the forehead of the young initiate? Exam question 3 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 dependency tree and p
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# Exam question 3 · Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants: Little Toomai sees t…

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Which substance was used to mark the forehead of the young initiate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** use, mark · **To what, where:** substance, forehead

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:628-pg236-part29:e3:1
# text = Which substance was used to mark the forehead of the young initiate?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	substance	substance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	mark	mark	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	forehead	forehead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	initiate	initiate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past · passive |  | which substance |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **mark** | to-infinitive |  | the forehead of the young initiate |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent forehead=Destination |

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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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blood from a jungle-cock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:628-pg236-part29:e3:o1:1
# text = blood from a jungle-cock
1	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	jungle	jungle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	cock	cock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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ash from a burnt leaf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:628-pg236-part29:e3:o2:1
# text = ash from a burnt leaf
1	ash	ash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	burnt	burnt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	leaf	leaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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oil from a wild boar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:628-pg236-part29:e3:o3:1
# text = oil from a wild boar
1	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	boar	boar	NOUN	NN	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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fresh blood taken from a jungle-cock killed at the dance-place

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:628-pg236-part29:e3:o4:1
# text = fresh blood taken from a jungle-cock killed at the dance-place
1	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	jungle	jungle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	cock	cock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | participle |  | fresh blood *not said here* |  |  |  | from a jungle cock | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from cock=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **kill** | participle |  | a jungle cock *not said here* |  | the dance place |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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