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title: Specify the animal whose trumpeting the troop-horse forbids during t… — Jungle Book, Animals in War, part 33:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Specify the animal whose trumpeting the troop-horse forbids during the review. Exam question 3 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 pragmatics of the question
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# Exam question 3 · Jungle Book, Animals in War, part 33: the animals question…

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Specify the animal whose trumpeting the troop-horse forbids during the review.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, animal · **What happens:** specify, trumpet, forbid · **To what, where:** troop horse

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:632-pg236-part33:e3:1
# text = Specify the animal whose trumpeting the troop-horse forbids during the review.
1	Specify	specify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
4	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	trumpeting	trumpet	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	troop	troop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	forbids	forbid	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
11	during	during	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	review	review	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **specify** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **trumpet** | gerund |  | the troop horse |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent horse=Theme |
| 3 | **forbid** | present | the animal |  |  |  | during the review |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |

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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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the big grey elephant named Two Tails, standing at the lines

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:632-pg236-part33:e3:o1:1
# text = the big grey elephant named Two Tails, standing at the lines
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	elephant	elephant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	Tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | participle | the big grey elephant *not said here* | Two Tails |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme |
| 2 | **stand** | gerund | the big grey elephant *not said here* |  |  | the lines |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at line=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Two Tails the elephant, who trumpets on the bare ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:632-pg236-part33:e3:o2:1
# text = Two Tails the elephant, who trumpets on the bare ground
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	Tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	elephant	elephant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	trumpets	trumpet	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trumpet** | present | Two Tails  the elephant |  |  | the bare ground |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ground=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the camel at the lines

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:632-pg236-part33:e3:o3:1
# text = the camel at the lines
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	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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Two Tails the elephant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:632-pg236-part33:e3:o4:1
# text = Two Tails the elephant
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	Tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	elephant	elephant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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