Exam question 2 · Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 3: Mowgli joins the P…

By what means was Mowgli admitted into the Seeonee Wolf Pack?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: mean, admit · To what, where: Mowgli, Seeonee Wolf Pack

This is exam question 2 of lesson 602 «Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 3: Mowgli joins the Pack, grows up, and learns that Shere Khan is his enemy» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 admitted	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 admitted	aux:pass
5	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 admitted	nsubj:pass
6	admitted	admit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	into	into	ADP	_	11 Pack	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Pack	det
9	Seeonee	Seeonee	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Pack	compound
10	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Pack	compound
11	Pack	Pack	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 admitted	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 admitted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	admit speech: other	past · passive		Mowgli		the Seeonee Wolf Pack			vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme by what=Location

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

by the price of a bull, a fight at the Council Rock, and Baloo's endorsement at dawn

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	ADP	_	3 price	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 price	det
3	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 bull	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bull	det
6	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 price	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 fight	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 fight	det
9	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 price	conj
10	at	at	ADP	_	13 Rock	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Rock	det
12	Council	Council	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Rock	compound
13	Rock	Rock	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 fight	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 endorsement	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 endorsement	cc
16	Baloo	Baloo	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 endorsement	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 Baloo	case
18	endorsement	endorsement	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 price	conj
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 dawn	case
20	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 endorsement	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	endorse		Baloo				at dawn		nom endorsement «communication transitive»: poss=agent at=obl

Option 2

the bull's price and Akela's word of support

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bull	det
2	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 price	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 bull	case
4	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 word	cc
6	Akela	Akela	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 word	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Akela	case
8	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 price	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 support	case
10	support	support	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 word	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	word		Akela	support					nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 3

a bull and a wolf's vote

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bull	det
2	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 vote	cc
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 wolf	det
5	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 vote	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 wolf	case
7	vote	vote	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bull	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	vote		a wolf						nom vote «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

payment of a bull and Baloo's endorsement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 bull	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bull	det
4	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 payment	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 endorsement	cc
6	Baloo	Baloo	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 endorsement	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Baloo	case
8	endorsement	endorsement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bull	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay			a bull and Baloo's endorsement					nom payment «possession transitive»: of=patient
2	endorse		Baloo						nom endorsement «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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