Exam question 4 · The Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting, part 6: Baloo teaches Mowg…

Why does Mowgli voice displeasure at Baloo, according to the text?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: do, accord · To what, where: Mowgli voice displeasure, Baloo

This is exam question 4 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 does	advmod
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 displeasure	compound
4	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 displeasure	compound
5	displeasure	displeasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 Baloo	case
7	Baloo	Baloo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 does	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 text	punct
9	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 text	case
10	to	to	ADP	_	9 according	fixed
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 text	det
12	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	parataxis
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		Mowgli voice displeasure		Baloo			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent displeasure=Eventuality
2	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: 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

He is upset at losing the Master Words game

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 upset	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 upset	cop
3	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 losing	case
5	losing	lose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 upset	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 game	det
7	Master	Master	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Words	compound
8	Words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 game	compound
9	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 losing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					upset property	tree rules
2	lose	gerund		the Words game					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality

Option 2

He is furious that Baloo hit him and then scolded him in front of the others

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 furious	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 furious	cop
3	furious	furious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 hit	mark
5	Baloo	Baloo	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 hit	nsubj
6	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 furious	advcl
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 hit	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 scolded	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 scolded	advmod
10	scolded	scold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 furious	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 scolded	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 front	case
13	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 scolded	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 others	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 others	det
16	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 front	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He				furious property	tree rules
2	hit	past	Baloo	him = he				vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme
3	scold	past	He not said here	Baloo	front of the others	then		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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

He is angry at being struck and reprimanded

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 angry	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 angry	cop
3	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	at	at	SCONJ	_	6 struck	mark
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 struck	aux:pass
6	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 angry	advcl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 reprimanded	cc
8	reprimanded	reprimand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 struck	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	He	angry property	tree rules
2	strike	gerund · passive	He not said here		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»
3	reprimand	participle	He not said here		tree rules

Option 4

He is cross about the lost fruit tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cross	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cross	cop
3	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	8 tree	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tree	det
6	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 tree	amod
7	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tree	compound
8	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cross	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					about the lost fruit tree; cross property	tree rules
2	lose	participle							vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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