Exam question 2 · The Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting, part 6: Baloo teaches Mowg…

According to the passage, what is the stated purpose of the Master Words?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: passage · What happens: accord, state, be · To what, where: stated purpose

This is exam question 2 of lesson 605 «The Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting, part 6: Baloo teaches Mowgli the Master Words, and Mowgli boasts of a monkey tribe» 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	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 passage	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 passage	det
4	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 purpose	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 purpose	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 purpose	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 purpose	det
9	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 purpose	amod
10	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 passage	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 Words	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Words	det
13	Master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 Words	compound
14	Words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 purpose	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 passage	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	state speech: other	participle				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	the passage and the stated purpose	the stated purpose	of the Master Words	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

To make Mowgli wise in every hunt and fight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 make	obj
4	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Mowgli	flat
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 hunt	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 hunt	det
7	hunt	hunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 fight	cc
9	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hunt	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		Mowgli		every hunt and fight			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mowgli=Product

Option 2

To shield Mowgli from the wild jungle beasts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 shield	mark
2	shield	shield	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 shield	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	8 beasts	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 beasts	det
6	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 beasts	amod
7	jungle	jungle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 beasts	compound
8	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shield	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shield	to-infinitive		Mowgli		the wild jungle beasts			tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To protect Mowgli from creatures of the jungle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 protect	mark
2	protect	protect	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 protect	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 creatures	case
5	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 protect	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 jungle	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 jungle	det
8	jungle	jungle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 creatures	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect	to-infinitive			Mowgli			from creatures of the jungle	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent mowgli=Beneficiary from creature=Theme

Option 4

To give Mowgli power over every creature that moves in the jungle and the trees

The tree, 15 words

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	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 power	compound
4	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 give	obj
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 creature	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 creature	det
7	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 give	obl
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 moves	nsubj
9	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 creature	acl:relcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 jungle	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 jungle	det
12	jungle	jungle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 moves	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 trees	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 trees	det
15	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 jungle	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	to-infinitive		Mowgli power		every creature			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Theme
2	move	present	every creature			the jungle and the trees			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in jungle=Trajectory

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