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title: Bruv, where was Two Tails stuck for the night? — Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, where was Two Tails stuck for the night? Test 8 · ★ 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 a
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# Test 8 · ★ · Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 32: animals quar…

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Bruv, where was Two Tails stuck for the night?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, stick · **To what, where:** Two Tails

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:631-pg236-part32:t8:1
# text = Bruv, where was Two Tails stuck for the night?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	Tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	appos	_	_
7	stuck	stick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Two Tails |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stick** | participle |  | Two Tails *not said here* |  |  | night |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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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chained to a picket beside the big camel and the cattle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:631-pg236-part32:t8:o1:1
# text = chained to a picket beside the big camel and the cattle
1	chained	chain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	picket	picket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chain** | participle |  |  |  | the big camel and the cattle |  | to a picket | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to picket=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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tied up on a picket rope in the cold yard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:631-pg236-part32:t8:o2:1
# text = tied up on a picket rope in the cold yard
1	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	picket	picket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | in the cold yard; on a picket rope | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient on rope=Co-Patient |

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

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tied up on a picket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:631-pg236-part32:t8:o3:1
# text = tied up on a picket
1	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	picket	picket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | on a picket | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient on picket=Co-Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
tied to the fence rail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:631-pg236-part32:t8:o4:1
# text = tied to the fence rail
1	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	rail	rail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | to the fence rail | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to rail=Co-Patient |

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