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title: Dude, did the camel actually flatten that tent? — Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dude, did the camel actually flatten that tent? Test 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 1 · ★ · Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 30: a poem of Sh…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dude, did the camel actually flatten that tent?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dude · **What happens:** do, flatten · **To what, where:** camel, tent

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This is test 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. 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/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:629-pg236-part30:t1:1
# text = Dude, did the camel actually flatten that tent?
1	Dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	flatten	flatten	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Dude | the camel |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent camel=Eventuality |
| 2 | **flatten** | present | Dude *not said here* | that tent |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tent=Patient |

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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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yeah, it flopped right on the tent, poles and all, bang

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:629-pg236-part30:t1:o1:1
# text = yeah, it flopped right on the tent, poles and all, bang
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	flopped	flop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	right	right	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	poles	pole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	bang	bang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flop** | past | it |  |  | the tent  poles and bang |  | right *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on tent=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, it came down right on top of the tent and flattened everything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:629-pg236-part30:t1:o2:1
# text = yeah, it came down right on top of the tent and flattened everything
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	right	right	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	flattened	flatten	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come down** | past | it |  |  | top of the tent |  | down *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on top=Location |
| 2 | **flatten** | past |  | everything |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, it flopped right on it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:629-pg236-part30:t1:o3:1
# text = yeah, it flopped right on it
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	flopped	flop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	right	right	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flop** | past | it |  |  | it |  | right *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on it=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, it fell on the tent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:629-pg236-part30:t1:o4:1
# text = yeah, it fell on the tent
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | it |  |  | the tent |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on tent=Location |

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