Test 2 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 2: a fight over t…
Mum wolf was well angry, innit? What did she do when the tiger came in?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum wolf, she, tiger · What happens: be, innit, do, come in
This is test 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. 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
Sentence 1: Mum wolf was well angry, innit?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wolf | compound |
| 2 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 angry | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 angry | cop |
| 4 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 angry | advmod |
| 5 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 innit | punct |
| 7 | innit | innit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 angry | discourse |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 angry | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Mum wolf | angry, well property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | innit | infinitive | tree rules |
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.
Sentence 2: What did she do when the tiger came in?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 8 came | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 tiger | det |
| 7 | tiger | tiger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 came | nsubj |
| 8 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | advcl |
| 9 | in | in | ADV | _ | 8 came | advmod |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past · do-support | she | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | come in | past | the tiger | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
she bared her teeth at him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 bared | nsubj |
| 2 | bared | bare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 teeth | nmod:poss |
| 4 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 bared | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 him | case |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 bared | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bare | past | she | her teeth | at him = he | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient |
Option 2
she growled
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 growled | nsubj |
| 2 | growled | growl | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | growl | past | she | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
she jumped up, eyes blazing, at him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 jumped | nsubj |
| 2 | jumped | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 jumped | compound:prt |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 eyes | punct |
| 5 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 jumped | obl |
| 6 | blazing | blaze | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 jumped | advcl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 jumped | punct |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 him | case |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 jumped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump up | past | she | eyes | at him = he | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at he=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | blaze | gerund | she not said here | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
she stood up, roaring at him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 stood | nsubj |
| 2 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 stood | compound:prt |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 roaring | punct |
| 5 | roaring | roar | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 stood | advcl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 him | case |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 roaring | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand up | past | she | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | roar | gerund | she not said here | at him = he | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at he=Location |
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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