--- title: At what hour did the booming of the elephants cease? — Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants:… · tree and pragmatics description: At what hour did the booming of the elephants cease? Exam question 4 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 pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/628-pg236-part29/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/628-pg236-part29/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants: Little Toomai sees t… At what hour did the booming of the elephants cease? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** elephants · **What happens:** do, cease · **To what, where:** booming This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:628-pg236-part29:e4:1 # text = At what hour did the booming of the elephants cease? 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 3 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 booming booming NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 elephants elephant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 cease cease VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the booming | | | hour | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent booming=Eventuality | | 2 | **cease** | present | the elephants | the booming *not said here* | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector booming=Eventuality | 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} at sunset ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:628-pg236-part29:e4:o1:1 # text = at sunset 1 at at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 sunset sunset NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} upon the first light of dawn ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:628-pg236-part29:e4:o2:1 # text = upon the first light of dawn 1 upon upon ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 4 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **light** | | | dawn | | | | | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} at midnight ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:628-pg236-part29:e4:o3:1 # text = at midnight 1 at at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 midnight midnight NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} when the moon went down ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:628-pg236-part29:e4:o4:1 # text = when the moon went down 1 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 down down ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go down** | past | the moon | | | | | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | **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. 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