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title: State the principal reason advanced by the young mule for questionin… — Jungle Book, Animals in War, part 33:… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the principal reason advanced by the young mule for questioning the conduct of the campaign. Exam question 1 of lesson 632 «Jungle Book, Animals in War, part 33: the animals question orders before the big parade» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Exam question 1 · Jungle Book, Animals in War, part 33: the animals question…

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State the principal reason advanced by the young mule for questioning the conduct of the campaign.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** advance, question, conduct · **To what, where:** State principal reason, conduct, campaign

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 632 «Jungle Book, Animals in War, part 33: the animals question orders before the big parade» 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/632-pg236-part33/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:632-pg236-part33:e1:1
# text = State the principal reason advanced by the young mule for questioning the conduct of the campaign.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	advanced	advance	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	mule	mule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	questioning	question	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	campaign	campaign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **advance** | participle |  | the State principal reason *not said here* |  |  |  | by the young mule | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **question** *speech: other* | gerund |  | the conduct of the campaign |  |  |  |  | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Recipient |
| 3 | **conduct** |  |  | the campaign |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: of=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 {#o1}

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He questions why the whole army must march and fight at all against the hill tribes.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:632-pg236-part33:e1:o1:1
# text = He questions why the whole army must march and fight at all against the hill tribes.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	questions	question	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	march	march	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	obl	_	_
13	against	against	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	tribes	tribe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **march** | must | the whole army |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fight** | infinitive | the whole army *not said here* |  |  | all |  | against the hill tribes | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He asks why the army must fight at all.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:632-pg236-part33:e1:o2:1
# text = He asks why the army must fight at all.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **fight** | must | the army |  |  | all |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He asks why the army must fight at all, when the Viceroy and the Amir could simply talk instead.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:632-pg236-part33:e1:o3:1
# text = He asks why the army must fight at all, when the Viceroy and the Amir could simply talk instead.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
11	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	19	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Viceroy	Viceroy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Amir	Amir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
17	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
18	simply	simply	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
20	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **fight** | must | the army |  |  | all |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **talk** | could | the Viceroy and the Amir |  |  |  |  | instead, simply *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He asks where the army sleeps tonight.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:632-pg236-part33:e1:o4:1
# text = He asks where the army sleeps tonight.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sleeps	sleep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	tonight	tonight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **sleep** | present | the army |  |  |  | tonight |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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