Test 2 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 7: the monkeys sn…

wait, why do the Bandar-log even want him?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, want · To what, where: him

This is test 2 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 do	advmod
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 want	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 log	det
6	Bandar	Bandar	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 log	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 Bandar	punct
8	log	log	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 do	obj
9	even	even	ADV	_	10 want	advmod
10	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	ccomp
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 want	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	want	present · do-support	you not said here	him = he					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=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.

The options

Option 1

cos one of them reckons he can weave sticks for shelter and they want him as their own

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 weave	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 them	case
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 one	nmod
5	reckons	reckon	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 weave	aux
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 weave	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 weave	aux
8	weave	weave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 cos	ccomp
9	sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 weave	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 shelter	case
11	shelter	shelter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 weave	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 want	cc
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 want	nsubj
14	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 cos	conj
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 want	obj
16	as	as	ADP	_	18 own	case
17	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 own	nmod:poss
18	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 want	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cos	imperative	you not said here			tree rules
2	weave	can · present	one of them	sticks	for shelter	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent stick=Product for shelter=Beneficiary
3	want	present	sticks = stick	him = he	as sticks's own	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme as own=Attribute

Option 2

cos they reckon he's gonna cook their food for them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cook	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 reckon	nsubj
3	reckon	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 cos	acl:relcl
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 cook	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 cook	cop
6	gonna	gonna	PART	_	7 cook	mark
7	cook	cook	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 food	nmod:poss
9	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cook	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 them	case
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 cook	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	they	cos not said here					vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent cos=Attribute
2	is	present	cos					for them = they; cook property	tree rules

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

cos one of them reckons he can weave sticks for shelter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 reckons	csubj
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	1 cos	obj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 them	case
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 one	nmod
5	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 weave	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 weave	aux
8	weave	weave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 reckons	ccomp
9	sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 weave	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 shelter	case
11	shelter	shelter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 weave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cos	infinitive		one of them		tree rules
2	reckon	present				vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	weave	can	he	sticks	for shelter	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent stick=Product for shelter=Beneficiary

Option 4

cos the whole troop wants him around so he can weave sticks for shelter every day

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 troop	det
3	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 troop	amod
4	troop	troop	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wants	nsubj
5	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 cos	ccomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wants	obj
7	around	around	ADV	_	1 cos	advmod
8	so	so	SCONJ	_	11 weave	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 weave	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 weave	aux
11	weave	weave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 cos	advcl
12	sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 weave	obj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 shelter	case
14	shelter	shelter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 weave	obl
15	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	16 day	det
16	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 weave	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	cos	imperative	you not said here			around property	tree rules
2	want	present	the whole troop	him = he			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme
3	weave	can	troop	sticks	day	for shelter	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent stick=Product for shelter=Beneficiary

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