Test 4 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 2: a fight over t…

Did the tiger dip after she told him off?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she · What happens: do, tell off · To what, where: tiger dip, him

This is test 4 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dip	det
3	tiger	tiger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dip	compound
4	dip	dip	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Did	obj
5	after	after	SCONJ	_	7 told	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 told	nsubj
7	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Did	advcl
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 told	iobj
9	off	off	ADP	_	7 told	compound:prt
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the tiger dip					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dip=Eventuality
2	tell off speech: assert	past	she		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

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

he backed out, growling at the wolves as he went

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 backed	nsubj
2	backed	back	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 backed	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 growling	punct
5	growling	growl	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 backed	advcl
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 wolves	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wolves	det
8	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 growling	obl
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 went	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 went	nsubj
11	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 backed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	back out	past	he		vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	growl	gerund	he not said here	at the wolves	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at wolf=Stimulus
3	go	past	he		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

he backed out, growling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 backed	nsubj
2	backed	back	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 backed	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 growling	punct
5	growling	growl	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 backed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	back out	past	he						vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	growl	gerund	he not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

he turned tail and backed out, growling loudly to the Pack

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 backed	cc
5	backed	back	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 turned	conj
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 backed	compound:prt
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 growling	punct
8	growling	growl	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 turned	advcl
9	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	8 growling	advmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 Pack	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Pack	det
12	Pack	pack	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 growling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	turn	past	he	tail			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tail=Theme
2	back out	participle	he not said here				vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	growl	gerund	he not said here		the Pack	loudly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to pack=Recipient

Option 4

he crept back, whining

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 crept	nsubj
2	crept	creep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 crept	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 whining	punct
5	whining	whining	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	creep back	past	he	whining					vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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