Test 9 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 7: the monkeys sn…
do the monkeys ever actually finish what they start?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, monkeys · What happens: do, finish, start
This is test 9 · ★ 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 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 monkeys | det |
| 3 | monkeys | monkey | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 finish | nsubj |
| 4 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 6 finish | advmod |
| 5 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 6 finish | advmod |
| 6 | finish | finish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 do | parataxis |
| 7 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 start | obj |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 start | nsubj |
| 9 | start | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 finish | ccomp |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | imperative | you not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | finish | present | the monkeys | ever | actually property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||
| 3 | start | present | monkeys = monkey | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
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
yeah, they finish most jobs they start
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 finish | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 finish | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 finish | nsubj |
| 4 | finish | finish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 start | advcl |
| 5 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 6 jobs | advmod |
| 6 | jobs | job | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 finish | obj |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 start | nsubj |
| 8 | start | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | finish | present | they | jobs | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality job=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | start | present | jobs = job | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 2
nah, they never do what they set out to do and they never stop talking about it
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 do | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 do | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 do | advmod |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 set | obj |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 set | nsubj |
| 8 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 do | acl:relcl |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 8 set | compound:prt |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 do | mark |
| 11 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 set | xcomp |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 stop | cc |
| 13 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 stop | nsubj |
| 14 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 15 stop | advmod |
| 15 | stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 set | conj |
| 16 | talking | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 stop | xcomp |
| 17 | about | about | ADP | _ | 18 it | case |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 talking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not do | present | they | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | set out | past | they | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | do | to-infinitive | they not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | not stop | present | they | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 5 | talk | gerund | they not said here | about it | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
nah, they never do what they set out to do
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 do | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 do | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 do | advmod |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 set | obj |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 set | nsubj |
| 8 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 do | acl:relcl |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 8 set | compound:prt |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 do | mark |
| 11 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 set | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not do | present | they | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | set out | past | they | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | do | to-infinitive | they not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
nah, they start loads but never really finish stuff
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 start | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 start | nsubj |
| 4 | start | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 start | obj |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 finish | cc |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 9 finish | advmod |
| 8 | really | really | ADV | _ | 9 finish | advmod |
| 9 | finish | finish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 start | conj |
| 10 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 finish | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | present | they | loads | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | not finish | infinitive | they not said here | stuff | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality stuff=Eventuality |
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