Test 12 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 7: the monkeys sn…

lol wait, what's the Bandar-log's motto then?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: motto

This is test 12 · ★ 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	lol	lol	INTJ	_	2 wait	discourse
2	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 motto	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 motto	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 motto	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 log	det
7	Bandar	Bandar	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 log	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 Bandar	punct
9	log	log	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 motto	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 log	case
11	motto	motto	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wait	obl
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 wait	advmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here				then		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present		the Bandar log's motto					tree rules

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

"What the Bandar-log say the jungle repeats later"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 say	punct
2	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 say	obj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 log	det
4	Bandar	Bandar	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 log	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 Bandar	punct
6	log	log	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 say	nsubj
7	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 jungle	det
9	jungle	jungle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 repeats	nsubj
10	repeats	repeat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 say	ccomp
11	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	10 repeats	advmod
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	infinitive	the Bandar log						tree rules
2	repeat in a quote	present	the jungle					late property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

"What the Bandar-log think now the jungle will think later"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 think	punct
2	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 think	obj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 log	det
4	Bandar	Bandar	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 log	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 Bandar	punct
6	log	log	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 think	nsubj
7	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 think	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 jungle	det
10	jungle	jungle	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 think	nsubj
11	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 think	aux
12	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 think	ccomp
13	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 think	advmod
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other in a quote	present	the Bandar log				now		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent what=Attribute clause=Theme
2	think speech: other in a quote	future	the jungle					late property	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

"What the Bandar-log say today the jungle will say tomorrow"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 say	punct
2	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 say	obj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 log	det
4	Bandar	Bandar	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 log	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 Bandar	punct
6	log	log	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 say	nsubj
7	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 say	advcl
8	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 say	obl:unmarked
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 jungle	det
10	jungle	jungle	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 say	nsubj
11	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 say	aux
12	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
13	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 say	obl:unmarked
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	the Bandar log				today		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
2	say speech: assert in a quote	future	the jungle				tomorrow		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

"Monkeys rule the trees"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 rule	punct
2	Monkeys	monkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rule	nsubj
3	rule	rule	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 trees	det
5	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rule	obj
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 rule	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rule in a quote	present	Monkeys	the trees					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Theme

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