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title: Wait, what does Vixen do to the elephant? — Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, what does Vixen do to the elephant? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 631 «Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 32: animals quarrel in the dark about fear until a little dog stops the elephant» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 11 · ★ · Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 32: animals quar…

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Wait, what does Vixen do to the elephant?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Vixen · **What happens:** wait, do

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 631 «Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 32: animals quarrel in the dark about fear until a little dog stops the elephant» 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/631-pg236-part32/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:631-pg236-part32:t11:1
# text = Wait, what does Vixen do to the elephant?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Vixen	Vixen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	elephant	elephant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | present · do-support | Vixen |  |  |  |  | to the elephant | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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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runs in circles yapping at the elephant's big feet all morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:631-pg236-part32:t11:o1:1
# text = runs in circles yapping at the elephant's big feet all morning
1	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	circles	circle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	yapping	yap	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	elephant	elephant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present |  |  |  | circles | morning |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in circle=Trajectory |
| 2 | **yap** | gerund | circles *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at the elephant's big feet | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at foot=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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yaps round his big feet and wakes everyone up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:631-pg236-part32:t11:o2:1
# text = yaps round his big feet and wakes everyone up
1	yaps	yap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
2	round	round	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	wakes	wake	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	obj	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wake up** | present | yaps round his big feet | everyone |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent everyone=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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nips at the cattle's hooves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:631-pg236-part32:t11:o3:1
# text = nips at the cattle's hooves
1	nips	nip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	hooves	hoove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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yaps round his big feet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:631-pg236-part32:t11:o4:1
# text = yaps round his big feet
1	yaps	yap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	round	round	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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