Test 9 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 5: Mowgli drives…

lowkey was Shere Khan actually scared in the end?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lowkey · What happens: be · To what, where: end

This is test 9 · ★ 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	lowkey	lowkey	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 scared	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 scared	cop
3	Shere	Shere	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 scared	nsubj
4	Khan	Khan	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Shere	flat
5	actually	actually	ADV	_	6 scared	advmod
6	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 end	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 end	det
9	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scared	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 scared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	lowkey				in the end	actually, scared property	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 · ← Mova's choice

nah, he kept fighting on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 kept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	fighting	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 kept	xcomp
6	on	on	ADP	_	5 fighting	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	he						tree rules
2	fight on	gerund	he not said here						vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, he whimpered and shut his eyes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 whimpered	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 whimpered	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 whimpered	nsubj
4	whimpered	whimper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 shut	cc
6	shut	shut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 whimpered	conj
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 eyes	nmod:poss
8	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 shut	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whimper	past	he						vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	shut	past	he not said here	his eyes					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent eye=Patient

Option 3

nah, he stood up and roared loud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 stood	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stood	nsubj
4	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 stood	compound:prt
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 roared	cc
7	roared	roar	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 stood	conj
8	loud	loud	ADV	_	7 roared	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand up	past	he						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	roar	participle	he not said here					loud property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

yeah, he growled and slunk off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 growled	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 growled	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 growled	nsubj
4	growled	growl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 slunk	cc
6	slunk	slink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 growled	conj
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 slunk	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	growl	past	he						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	slink off	past	he not said here						vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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