Test 6 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting, part 6: Baloo teaches Mowg…
Ngl, Mowgli wanted his own tribe, yeah? What was he gonna do with it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ngl · What happens: want, be · To what, where: own tribe
This is test 6 · ★ 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. 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
Sentence 1: Ngl, Mowgli wanted his own tribe, yeah?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ngl | Ngl | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ngl | punct |
| 3 | Mowgli | Mowgli | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 wanted | nsubj |
| 4 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 tribe | nmod:poss |
| 6 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 tribe | amod |
| 7 | tribe | tribe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wanted | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 yeah | punct |
| 9 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 wanted | discourse |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 wanted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | Ngl | Mowgli's own tribe | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot tribe=Theme |
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.
Sentence 2: What was he gonna do with it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 do | obj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 do | cop |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 do | nsubj |
| 4 | gonna | gonna | X | Foreign=Yes | 5 do | dep |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 do | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Ngl | with tribe; do property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Teach them the Master Words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teach | teach | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Teach | iobj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Words | det |
| 4 | Master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Words | compound |
| 5 | Words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Teach | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | teach speech: other | imperative | you not said here | the Master Words | them = they | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient word=Topic |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Lead them through the branches
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lead | lead | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Lead | obj |
| 3 | through | through | ADP | _ | 5 branches | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 branches | det |
| 5 | branches | branch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Lead | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lead | imperative | you not said here | them = they | the branches | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme through branch=Destination |
Option 3
Rule over them and make them obey his every single command
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 make | nsubj |
| 2 | over | over | ADP | _ | 3 them | case |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Rule | nmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 make | cc |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 make | obj |
| 7 | obey | obey | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 make | xcomp |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 command | nmod:poss |
| 9 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 command | det |
| 10 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 command | amod |
| 11 | command | command | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 obey | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | infinitive | Rule over them | them = they | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | obey | infinitive | them = they not said here | Rule's single command | vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent command=Theme | ||||
| 3 | command | Rule | nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
Lead them across the river and into the great hills
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lead | lead | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Lead | obj |
| 3 | across | across | ADP | _ | 5 river | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 river | det |
| 5 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lead | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 hills | cc |
| 7 | into | into | ADP | _ | 10 hills | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 hills | det |
| 9 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 hills | amod |
| 10 | hills | hill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 river | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lead | imperative | you not said here | them = they | the river and the great hills | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme across river=Destination |
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