Exam question 2 · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 2: a fight over t…

Under what rule was a disputed cub required to be spoken for before the Pack?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: dispute, be, require, speak · To what, where: disputed cub, rule · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 601 «The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 2: a fight over the man-cub and a hearing at the Council Rock» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Under	under	ADP	_	3 rule	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 rule	nsubj
3	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cub	obl
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 cub	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cub	det
6	disputed	dispute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 cub	amod
7	cub	cub	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 cub	acl
9	to	to	PART	_	11 spoken	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 spoken	aux:pass
11	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 required	xcomp
12	for	for	ADP	_	15 Pack	case
13	before	before	ADP	_	15 Pack	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Pack	det
15	Pack	pack	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 spoken	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 cub	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	dispute	participle				vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	a disputed cub	rule		tree rules
3	require	participle	a disputed cub not said here			vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition
4	speak speech: other	to-infinitive · passive			for the Pack	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The Law of the Jungle, requiring two speakers not his parents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Law	det
2	Law	Law	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 requiring	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Jungle	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Jungle	det
5	Jungle	Jungle	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Law	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 requiring	punct
7	requiring	require	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 speakers	nummod
9	speakers	speaker	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 requiring	obj
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 parents	advmod
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 parents	nmod:poss
12	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 requiring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	gerund	the Law of the Jungle	two speakers				Law's parents obl	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme speaker=Precondition

Option 2

A custom requiring the mother to speak first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 custom	det
2	custom	custom	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	requiring	require	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 custom	acl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 mother	det
5	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requiring	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 speak	mark
7	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 mother	acl
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 speak	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	gerund	a custom not said here	the mother					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mother=Precondition
2	speak speech: other	to-infinitive	a custom not said here	the mother not said here				first property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The Pack rule that a cub must have a sponsor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rule	det
2	Pack	pack	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rule	compound
3	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 have	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cub	det
6	cub	cub	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 have	nsubj
7	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 have	aux
8	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 rule	acl:relcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 sponsor	det
10	sponsor	sponsor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	must	a cub	the Pack rule					tree rules

Option 4

A rule of the Council

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 rule	det
2	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Council	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Council	det
5	Council	Council	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 rule	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rule		the Council						nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

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