Exam question 2 · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 5: Mowgli drives…
Which of the following describes the manner in which Mowgli dispatches the assembled wolves?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mowgli · What happens: follow, describe, dispatch, assemble · To what, where: manner, assembled wolves
This is exam question 2 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 | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 describes | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 5 describes | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 describes | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 describes | nsubj |
| 5 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 manner | det |
| 7 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 describes | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 which | case |
| 9 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 dispatches | obl |
| 10 | Mowgli | Mowgli | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 dispatches | nsubj |
| 11 | dispatches | dispatch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 manner | acl:relcl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 wolves | det |
| 13 | assembled | assemble | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 wolves | amod |
| 14 | wolves | wolf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 dispatches | obj |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 describes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | describe | present | the manner | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme | |||||
| 3 | dispatch | present | Mowgli | the assembled wolves | the manner | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Patient | |||
| 4 | assemble | participle | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
By driving them off with a burning branch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 driving | mark |
| 2 | driving | drive | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 driving | obj |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 2 driving | compound:prt |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 branch | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 branch | det |
| 7 | burning | burn | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 branch | amod |
| 8 | branch | branch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 driving | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drive off | gerund | them = they | with a burning branch | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme they=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | burn | gerund | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
By driving them off with a burning branch and a loud cry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 driving | mark |
| 2 | driving | drive | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 driving | obj |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 2 driving | compound:prt |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 branch | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 branch | det |
| 7 | burning | burn | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 branch | amod |
| 8 | branch | branch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 driving | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 cry | cc |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 cry | det |
| 11 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 cry | amod |
| 12 | cry | cry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 branch | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drive off | gerund | them = they | with a burning branch and a loud cry | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme they=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | burn | gerund | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
By roaring fire at them from the rock
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 roaring | mark |
| 2 | roaring | roar | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 roaring | obj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 them | case |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 roaring | obl |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 rock | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 rock | det |
| 8 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 roaring | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | roar | gerund | fire | the rock | at them = they | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme PP.recipient PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent fire=Theme at they=Stimulus |
Option 4
By driving them off with a burning branch from the fire
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 driving | mark |
| 2 | driving | drive | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 driving | obj |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 2 driving | compound:prt |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 branch | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 branch | det |
| 7 | burning | burn | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 branch | amod |
| 8 | branch | branch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 driving | obl |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 fire | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 fire | det |
| 11 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 driving | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drive off | gerund | them = they | the fire | with a burning branch | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme from fire=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | burn | gerund | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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