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title: What is the principal grievance of the troop-horse regarding the cam… — Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: What is the principal grievance of the troop-horse regarding the camels? Exam question 4 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 
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# Exam question 4 · Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 30: a poem of Sh…

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What is the principal grievance of the troop-horse regarding the camels?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** principal grievance, troop horse · **What happens:** be, regard · **To what, where:** camels

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:629-pg236-part30:e4:1
# text = What is the principal grievance of the troop-horse regarding the camels?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	grievance	grievance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	troop	troop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
11	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	camels	camel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the principal grievance of the troop horse |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **regard** | gerund | the troop horse *not said here* | the camels |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent camel=Theme |

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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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that they keep racketing through the lines at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:629-pg236-part30:e4:o1:1
# text = that they keep racketing through the lines at night
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	racketing	racket	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **racket** | gerund | they *not said here* |  |  | the lines | night |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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that they have racketed through the camp lines and disturbed every horse's rest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:629-pg236-part30:e4:o2:1
# text = that they have racketed through the camp lines and disturbed every horse's rest
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	racketed	racket	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	camp	camp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	disturbed	disturb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **racket** | present · perfect | they |  |  | the camp lines |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **disturb** | past |  | every horse's rest |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus rest=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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that they have ruined the camp's food supplies entirely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:629-pg236-part30:e4:o3:1
# text = that they have ruined the camp's food supplies entirely
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	ruined	ruin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	camp	camp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	supplies	supply	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ruin** | present · perfect | they | the camp's food |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient |
| 2 | **supply** | present |  |  |  |  |  | entirely *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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that they have disturbed the camp's sleep repeatedly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:629-pg236-part30:e4:o4:1
# text = that they have disturbed the camp's sleep repeatedly
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	disturbed	disturb	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	camp	camp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disturb** | present · perfect · passive |  | they |  |  |  | repeatedly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer sleep=Result |
| 2 | **sleep** |  | the camp |  |  |  |  |  | nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

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