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title: dude, why did the troop-horse say the camels in camp were scary? — The Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servant… · tree and pragmatics
description: dude, why did the troop-horse say the camels in camp were scary? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 630 «The Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 31: the army animals talk about being scared and about fighting» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 3 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 31: the army…

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dude, why did the troop-horse say the camels in camp were scary?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dude, camels · **What happens:** do, say, be · **To what, where:** troop horse · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 630 «The Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 31: the army animals talk about being scared and about fighting» 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/630-pg236-part31/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:630-pg236-part31:t3:1
# text = dude, why did the troop-horse say the camels in camp were scary?
1	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	troop	troop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	camels	camel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	camp	camp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the troop horse |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | dude |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past | the camels in camp |  |  |  |  | scary *property* | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the camels kept sitting down and blocking the whole picket line

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:630-pg236-part31:t3:o1:1
# text = the camels kept sitting down and blocking the whole picket line
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	camels	camel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	blocking	block	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	picket	picket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | the camels |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sit down** | gerund | the camels *not said here* |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **block** | gerund | the camels *not said here* | the whole picket line |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer line=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a new recruit told whip snake tales in camp and we all got spooked, though the camels were fine

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:630-pg236-part31:t3:o2:1
# text = a new recruit told whip snake tales in camp and we all got spooked, though the camels were fine
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	recruit	recruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
5	whip	whip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
6	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	camp	camp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	spooked	spook	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
16	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	camels	camel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nsubj	_	_
19	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **spook** | past · passive |  | a new recruit  told whip snake tales in camp |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | past | the camels |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the camels had been firing guns over our backs all night long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:630-pg236-part31:t3:o3:1
# text = the camels had been firing guns over our backs all night long
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	camels	camel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux	_	_
5	firing	fire	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	guns	gun	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	backs	back	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fire** | past · perfect · progressive | the camels | guns |  | our backs | night |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent gun=Theme over back=Destination |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a new recruit told whip snake tales and we all got spooked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:630-pg236-part31:t3:o4:1
# text = a new recruit told whip snake tales and we all got spooked
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	recruit	recruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
5	whip	whip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
6	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	spooked	spook	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **spook** | past · passive |  | we |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

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