--- title: Which deity is described in the opening verse as the Preserver who p… — Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Which deity is described in the opening verse as the Preserver who provides for all living creatures? Exam question 1 of lesson 629 «Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 30: a poem of Shiva, then a wrecked tent and a noisy night among the army animals» of the books course of Mova's primary scho --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/629-pg236-part30/e1/) [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, Her Majesty's Servants, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/629-pg236-part30/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 30: a poem of Sh… Which deity is described in the opening verse as the Preserver who provides for all living creatures? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Preserver · **What happens:** describe, provide, live · **To what, where:** deity, opening verse This is exam question 1 of lesson 629 «Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 30: a poem of Shiva, then a wrecked tent and a noisy night among the army animals» 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/629-pg236-part30/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:629-pg236-part30:e1:1 # text = Which deity is described in the opening verse as the Preserver who provides for all living creatures? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 deity deity NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 described describe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 opening opening ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 verse verse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Preserver preserver NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 provides provide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 16 living live VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 amod _ _ 17 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | present · passive | | which deity | | the opening verse as the Preserver | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **provide** | present | the Preserver | | | | | for all living creatures | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for creature=Recipient | | 3 | **live** | gerund | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} Brahma, the Creator of all that lives ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:629-pg236-part30:e1:o1:1 # text = Brahma, the Creator of all that lives 1 Brahma brahma NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Creator creator NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 4 appos _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | present | Brahma | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Shiva, the Destroyer and Preserver of all that lives and dies ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:629-pg236-part30:e1:o2:1 # text = Shiva, the Destroyer and Preserver of all that lives and dies 1 Shiva shiva NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Destroyer destroyer NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 Preserver preserver NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 7 of of SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 10 det:predet _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 dies die VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | present | Preserver | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **die** | present | Preserver *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Shiva, the Preserver of all that lives ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:629-pg236-part30:e1:o3:1 # text = Shiva, the Preserver of all that lives 1 Shiva shiva NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Preserver preserver NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 4 appos _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | present | Shiva and the Preserver | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Shiva, the Preserver of the world ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:629-pg236-part30:e1:o4:1 # text = Shiva, the Preserver of the world 1 Shiva shiva NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Preserver preserver NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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