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title: Upon what occasion does the narrator's tent collapse during the night? — Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what occasion does the narrator's tent collapse during the night? Exam question 2 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, with the dependency tree an
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# Exam question 2 · Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 30: a poem of Sh…

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Upon what occasion does the narrator's tent collapse during the night?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** narrator · **What happens:** do, collapse · **To what, where:** tent collapse

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:629-pg236-part30:e2:1
# text = Upon what occasion does the narrator's tent collapse during the night?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	collapse	collapse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
10	during	during	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | the narrator's tent collapse |  |  | night | upon what occasion | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent collapse=Eventuality |
| 2 | **collapse** |  | the narrator |  |  |  |  |  | nom collapse «state intransitive»: 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 {#o1}

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upon the sudden collision of a laden camel with the tent's central pole and ropes

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:629-pg236-part30:e2:o1:1
# text = upon the sudden collision of a laden camel with the tent's central pole and ropes
1	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	collision	collision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	laden	lade	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	central	central	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	pole	pole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	ropes	rope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lade** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **collide** |  | a laden camel |  |  |  |  | with the tent's central pole and ropes | nom collision «event intransitive»: of=agent with=obl |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
upon the collision of a camel with its structure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:629-pg236-part30:e2:o2:1
# text = upon the collision of a camel with its structure
1	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	collision	collision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	structure	structure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **collide** |  | a camel with camel's structure |  |  |  |  |  | nom collision «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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after the rain soaked the canvas and poles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:629-pg236-part30:e2:o3:1
# text = after the rain soaked the canvas and poles
1	after	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	soaked	soak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	canvas	canvas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	poles	pole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soak** | participle |  | the canvas and poles |  |  | after the rain |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent canvas=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
when a heavy baggage camel crashed into the whole canvas structure of the tent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:629-pg236-part30:e2:o4:1
# text = when a heavy baggage camel crashed into the whole canvas structure of the tent
1	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	baggage	baggage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	crashed	crash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	canvas	canvas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	structure	structure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crash** | past | a heavy baggage camel |  |  |  |  | into the whole canvas structure of the tent *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into structure=Result |

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