Exam question 3 · The Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting, part 6: Baloo teaches Mowg…

Which phrase best describes the status of the Bandar-log as presented by Baloo?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: phrase · What happens: describe, present · To what, where: status

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 phrase	det
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	nsubj
3	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 describes	advmod
4	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 status	det
6	status	status	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	11 log	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 log	det
9	Bandar	Bandar	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 log	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 Bandar	punct
11	log	log	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 status	nmod
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 presented	mark
13	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 describes	advcl
14	by	by	ADP	_	15 Baloo	case
15	Baloo	Baloo	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 presented	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which phrase	the status of the Bandar log				well property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent status=Theme
2	present	participle	which phrase not said here					by Baloo	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

Outcasts who possess no law

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Outcasts	outcast	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 possess	nsubj
3	possess	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Outcasts	acl:relcl
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 law	det
5	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 possess	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	Outcasts	no law					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot law=Theme

Option 2

Wild apes who sing and mock and possess no proper law

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 apes	amod
2	apes	ape	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 sing	nsubj
4	sing	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 apes	acl:relcl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 mock	cc
6	mock	mock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sing	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 possess	cc
8	possess	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sing	conj
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 law	det
10	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 law	amod
11	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 possess	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	sing speech: express	present	Wild apes		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
2	mock	present	Wild apes not said here		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	possess	present	Wild apes not said here	no proper law	vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot law=Theme

Option 3

Clever hunters of the trees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hunters	amod
2	hunters	hunter	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 trees	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 trees	det
5	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hunters	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Outcasts who live in the trees and possess no law at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Outcasts	outcast	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 possess	nsubj
2	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 live	nsubj
3	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Outcasts	acl:relcl
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 trees	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 trees	det
6	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 live	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 live	cc
8	possess	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 law	det
10	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 possess	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 all	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 possess	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	Outcasts			the trees			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location
2	possess	present	Outcasts	no law		all			vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot law=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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