Exam question 1 · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 5: Mowgli drives…

Which action does Akela propose in order to preserve the lives of the Pack?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: action · What happens: propose, preserve · To what, where: order, lives

This is exam question 1 of lesson 604 «The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 5: Mowgli drives the wolves off with fire, beats Shere Khan, and leaves the jungle in tears» 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 propose	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 propose	aux
4	Akela	Akela	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 propose	nsubj
5	propose	propose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 order	case
7	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 propose	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 preserve	mark
9	preserve	preserve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 propose	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 lives	det
11	lives	life	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 preserve	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 Pack	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Pack	det
14	Pack	pack	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lives	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 propose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	propose	present · do-support	which action			order			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	preserve	to-infinitive	which action not said here	the lives of the Pack					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Beneficiary

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

To surrender his own life without resistance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 surrender	mark
2	surrender	surrender	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 life	nmod:poss
4	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 life	amod
5	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 surrender	obj
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 resistance	case
7	resistance	resistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 surrender	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surrender	to-infinitive		his own life				without resistance	vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent life=Theme

Option 2

To flee the jungle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 flee	mark
2	flee	flee	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 jungle	det
4	jungle	jungle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flee	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flee	to-infinitive		the jungle					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme jungle=Initial_Location

Option 3

To offer himself to the tiger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 offer	mark
2	offer	offer	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 offer	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 tiger	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tiger	det
6	tiger	tiger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 offer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	to-infinitive		himself = he	the tiger				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent himself=Theme to tiger=Goal

Option 4

To give up the man-cub to Khan

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 give	mark
2	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 give	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cub	det
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cub	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 man	punct
7	cub	cub	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 give	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 Khan	case
9	Khan	Khan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 give	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give up	to-infinitive		the man cub	Khan				vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent cub=Theme to khan=Recipient

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