Exam question 3 · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 5: Mowgli drives…

What is the principal emotional response of Mowgli upon departing from the jungle?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: principal emotional response · What happens: be, depart · To what, where: jungle

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 response	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 response	amod
5	emotional	emotional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 response	amod
6	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 Mowgli	case
8	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 response	nmod
9	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	10 departing	mark
10	departing	depart	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 response	acl
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 jungle	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 jungle	det
13	jungle	jungle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 departing	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the principal emotional response of Mowgli						tree rules
2	depart	gerund	the principal emotional response of Mowgli not said here			the jungle			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from jungle=Initial_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 · ✓ the right answer

Grief, expressed through the shedding of tears

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 expressed	punct
3	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Grief	acl
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 shedding	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shedding	det
6	shedding	shedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expressed	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 tears	case
8	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 shedding	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	express	participle		Grief not said here		the shedding of tears			vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	shed		tears						nom shedding «process intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

Relief, shown by leaping for joy in the grass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Relief	relief	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 shown	punct
3	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Relief	acl
4	by	by	SCONJ	_	5 leaping	mark
5	leaping	leap	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 shown	advcl
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 joy	case
7	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 leaping	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 grass	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 grass	det
10	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 leaping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	participle		Relief not said here					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	leap	gerund				the grass		for joy	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in grass=Trajectory

Option 3

Grief, expressed through the shedding of many bitter tears

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 expressed	punct
3	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Grief	acl
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 shedding	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shedding	det
6	shedding	shedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expressed	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 tears	case
8	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 tears	amod
9	bitter	bitter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 tears	amod
10	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 shedding	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	express	participle		Grief not said here		the shedding of many bitter tears			vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	shed		many bitter tears						nom shedding «process intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

Anger, shown by biting the wolves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 shown	punct
3	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Anger	acl
4	by	by	SCONJ	_	5 biting	mark
5	biting	bite	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 shown	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wolves	det
7	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 biting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	participle		Anger not said here					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	bite	gerund		the wolves					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Patient

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