Test 10 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 7: the monkeys sn…
so was Mowgli scared or just chilled out the whole time?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, chill out
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 606 «The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 7: the monkeys snatch Mowgli and swing off with him through the treetops» 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 scared | advmod |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 scared | cop |
| 3 | Mowgli | Mowgli | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 scared | compound |
| 4 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 chilled | cc |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 chilled | advmod |
| 7 | chilled | chill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 scared | conj |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 chilled | compound:prt |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 time | det |
| 10 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 time | amod |
| 11 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 chilled | obl:unmarked |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 scared | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | scared property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | chill out | participle | time | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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
at first he was calm, then he got scared and thought
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at | at | ADP | _ | 2 first | case |
| 2 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 calm | obl |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 calm | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 calm | cop |
| 5 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 got | punct |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 got | advmod |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 got | nsubj |
| 9 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 calm | conj |
| 10 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 got | xcomp |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 thought | cc |
| 12 | thought | think | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 calm | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | calm property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get | past | he | then | scared property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 3 | think speech: other | participle | he not said here | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
scared at first, then he got angry and started to think hard about how to escape
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 first | case |
| 3 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 scared | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 got | punct |
| 5 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 got | advmod |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 got | nsubj |
| 7 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 scared | parataxis |
| 8 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 got | xcomp |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 started | cc |
| 10 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 got | conj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 think | mark |
| 12 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 started | xcomp |
| 13 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 12 think | advmod |
| 14 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 17 escape | mark |
| 15 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 17 escape | advmod |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 escape | mark |
| 17 | escape | escape | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 think | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | he | then | angry property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | start | past | he not said here | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | think speech: other | to-infinitive | he not said here | hard property | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 4 | escape | to-infinitive | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
scared at first, then he got angry and started to think and plan his escape from the monkeys
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 first | case |
| 3 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 scared | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 got | punct |
| 5 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 got | advmod |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 got | nsubj |
| 7 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 scared | parataxis |
| 8 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 got | xcomp |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 started | cc |
| 10 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 got | conj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 think | mark |
| 12 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 started | xcomp |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 plan | cc |
| 14 | plan | plan | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 think | conj |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 escape | nmod:poss |
| 16 | escape | escape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 plan | obj |
| 17 | from | from | ADP | _ | 19 monkeys | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 monkeys | det |
| 19 | monkeys | monkey | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 plan | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | he | then | angry property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | start | past | he not said here | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | think speech: other | to-infinitive | he not said here | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | plan | infinitive | he not said here | his escape | from the monkeys | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent escape=Topic | |||
| 5 | escape | his = he | nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
scared at first, then he got angry and started to think
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 first | case |
| 3 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 scared | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 got | punct |
| 5 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 got | advmod |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 got | nsubj |
| 7 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 scared | parataxis |
| 8 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 got | xcomp |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 started | cc |
| 10 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 got | conj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 think | mark |
| 12 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 started | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | he | then | angry property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | start | past | he not said here | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | think speech: other | to-infinitive | he not said here | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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