--- title: Which unit does the breech-piece mule serve, according to his own de… — Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Which unit does the breech-piece mule serve, according to his own declaration? Exam question 3 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/629-pg236-part30/e3/) [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/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 30: a poem of Sh… Which unit does the breech-piece mule serve, according to his own declaration? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** unit · **What happens:** do, accord, declare · **To what, where:** piece mule serve This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:629-pg236-part30:e3:1 # text = Which unit does the breech-piece mule serve, according to his own declaration? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 unit unit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 5 breech breech NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 8 mule mule NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 serve serve NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 case _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 11 fixed _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 declaration declaration NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | which unit | the piece mule serve and unit's own declaration | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent serve=Eventuality | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **declare** | | unit | | | | | | nom declaration «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} number two gun of the First Screw Battery ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:629-pg236-part30:e3:o1:1 # text = number two gun of the First Screw Battery 1 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 nummod _ _ 3 gun gun NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 First first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 amod _ _ 7 Screw Screw PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Battery battery NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the number two gun in the First Screw Battery, serving at the front of the column ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:629-pg236-part30:e3:o2:1 # text = the number two gun in the First Screw Battery, serving at the front of the column 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 3 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 4 gun gun NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 First first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 9 amod _ _ 8 Screw Screw PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 Battery Battery PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 serving serve VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 column column NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **serve** | gerund | | | | the front of the column | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} number one gun of the Third Mountain Battery ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:629-pg236-part30:e3:o3:1 # text = number one gun of the Third Mountain Battery 1 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 gun gun NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 Third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 amod _ _ 7 Mountain Mountain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Battery battery NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} number two gun of the First Screw Battery of the Royal Artillery ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:629-pg236-part30:e3:o4:1 # text = number two gun of the First Screw Battery of the Royal Artillery 1 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 nummod _ _ 3 gun gun NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 First first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 amod _ _ 7 Screw Screw PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Battery Battery PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 Royal Royal ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 Artillery Artillery PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 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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