Test 10 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 5: Mowgli drives…

did the cubs say they'd forget him?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cubs · What happens: say, forget · To what, where: him · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ 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. 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	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cubs	det
3	cubs	cub	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 forget	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 forget	aux
7	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 say	ccomp
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 forget	obj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	the cubs						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	forget	would	cubs = cub	him = he					tree rules

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

nah, never while they can follow a trail through the hills

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 follow	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 follow	advmod
4	while	while	SCONJ	_	7 follow	mark
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 follow	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 follow	aux
7	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 trail	det
9	trail	trail	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 follow	obj
10	through	through	ADP	_	12 hills	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hills	det
12	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 follow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not follow	can	they	a trail		the hills			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent trail=Theme through hill=Trajectory

Option 2

yup, they swore they'd never forget him, not while they live

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yup	yup	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swore	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yup	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 swore	nsubj
4	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 forget	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 forget	aux
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 forget	advmod
8	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 swore	ccomp
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 forget	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 live	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 live	advmod
12	while	while	SCONJ	_	14 live	mark
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 live	nsubj
14	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 swore	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	swear	past	they		yup vocative	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not forget	would	they	him = he		tree rules
3	not live	present	they			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

yup, they promised to follow him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yup	yup	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 promised	obl:unmarked
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yup	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 promised	nsubj
4	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 follow	mark
6	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 promised	xcomp
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 follow	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past	they	yup					vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	follow not said to happen	to-infinitive	they not said here	him = he					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

nah, never while they can follow a trail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 follow	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 follow	advmod
4	while	while	SCONJ	_	7 follow	mark
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 follow	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 follow	aux
7	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 trail	det
9	trail	trail	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 follow	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not follow	can	they	a trail					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trail=Theme

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