Test 9 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting, part 6: Baloo teaches Mowg…
Mum said never trust a sulk, right? How did Mowgli act after the bruise?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum, Mowgli · What happens: not trust, act · To what, where: sulk
This is test 9 · ★ 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: Mum said never trust a sulk, right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 trust | nsubj |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 trust | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 trust | advmod |
| 4 | trust | trust | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 sulk | det |
| 6 | sulk | sulk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 trust | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 trust | punct |
| 8 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 4 trust | discourse |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 trust | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not trust | past | Mum | a sulk | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sulk=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: How did Mowgli act after the bruise?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 act | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 act | aux |
| 3 | Mowgli | Mowgli | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 act | nsubj |
| 4 | act | act | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 bruise | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bruise | det |
| 7 | bruise | bruise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 act | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 act | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | act | past · do-support | Mowgli | after the bruise | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He sulked and got angry
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 | 2 sulked | nsubj |
| 2 | sulked | sulk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 got | cc |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 sulked | conj |
| 5 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 got | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sulk | past | He | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | get | past | He not said here | angry property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
He sulked in the cave and refused to speak to anyone
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 | 2 sulked | nsubj |
| 2 | sulked | sulk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 cave | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 cave | det |
| 5 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sulked | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 refused | cc |
| 7 | refused | refuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 sulked | conj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 speak | mark |
| 9 | speak | speak | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 refused | xcomp |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 anyone | case |
| 11 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 speak | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sulk | past | He | the cave | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | refuse | past | He not said here | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | not speak speech: other | to-infinitive | He not said here | to anyone | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to anyone=Co-Agent |
Option 3
He laughed and ate the nuts
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 | 2 laughed | nsubj |
| 2 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 ate | cc |
| 4 | ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 laughed | conj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 nuts | det |
| 6 | nuts | nut | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 ate | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | past | He | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | eat | past | He not said here | the nuts | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nut=Patient |
Option 4
He threw stones at Baloo and then ran off into the jungle
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 | 2 threw | nsubj |
| 2 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | stones | stone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 threw | obj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 Baloo | case |
| 5 | Baloo | Baloo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 threw | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 ran | cc |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 ran | advmod |
| 8 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 threw | conj |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 8 ran | compound:prt |
| 10 | into | into | ADP | _ | 12 jungle | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 jungle | det |
| 12 | jungle | jungle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ran | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | past | He | stones | Baloo | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stone=Theme at baloo=Destination | |||
| 2 | run off | past | He not said here | then | into the jungle result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into jungle=Result |
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