Test 4 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 7: the monkeys sn…

lol so the kite just sat there watching the whole thing?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: kite · What happens: sit, watch · To what, where: whole thing

This is test 4 · ★ 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	_	6 sat	discourse
2	so	so	SCONJ	_	6 sat	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 kite	det
4	kite	kite	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sat	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 sat	advmod
6	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 sat	advmod
8	watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 sat	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 thing	det
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 thing	amod
11	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 watching	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	the kite			there			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	watch	gerund	the kite not said here	the whole thing					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

yeah, Rann just kept watch waiting for stuff to die

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 kept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 kept	punct
3	Rann	Rann	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 kept	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 kept	advmod
5	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 kept	xcomp
7	waiting	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 watch	xcomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 stuff	case
9	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 waiting	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 die	mark
11	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 waiting	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	keep	past	Rann		tree rules
2	watch	infinitive	Rann not said here		tree rules
3	wait	gerund	Rann not said here	for stuff	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	die	to-infinitive	Rann not said here		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 2

nah, he dropped down and joined the monkeys for a bit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 dropped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dropped	nsubj
4	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	down	down	ADP	_	4 dropped	compound:prt
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 joined	cc
7	joined	join	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dropped	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 monkeys	det
9	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 joined	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 bit	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bit	det
12	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 joined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop down	past	he						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	join	past	he not said here	the monkeys				for a bit	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monkey=Patient

Option 3

yeah, he kept an eye on them from way up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 kept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 kept	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 eye	det
6	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 them	case
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kept	obl
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 way	case
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	obl
11	up	up	ADV	_	10 way	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	he	a eye		way		on them = they	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent eye=Theme on they=Location

Option 4

nah, he flew off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 flew	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 flew	nsubj
4	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 flew	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly off	past	he						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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