Test 1 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting, part 8: Baloo and Bagheera…
Wicked, so Kaa's big trick is squeezing you in his hug, innit?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: big trick, Kaa, trick · What happens: squeeze, innit, trick, hug · To what, where: you, hug
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 607 «The Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting, part 8: Baloo and Bagheera seek Kaa's help, then learn Mowgli has been taken to the Cold Lairs» 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 | Wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 squeezing | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 squeezing | advmod |
| 4 | Kaa | Kaa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 trick | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Kaa | case |
| 6 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 trick | amod |
| 7 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 squeezing | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 squeezing | aux |
| 9 | squeezing | squeeze | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Wicked | advcl |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 squeezing | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 hug | case |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 hug | nmod:poss |
| 13 | hug | hug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 squeezing | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 innit | punct |
| 15 | innit | innit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wicked | parataxis |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wicked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | squeeze | present · progressive | Kaa's big trick | you | trick's hug | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent you=Theme in hug=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | innit | infinitive | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | trick | Kaa | nom trick «act transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 4 | hug | trick | nom hug «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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, once he's wrapped you, it's over
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 wrapped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 wrapped | punct |
| 3 | once | once | SCONJ | _ | 6 wrapped | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 wrapped | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 wrapped | aux:pass |
| 6 | wrapped | wrap | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 wrapped | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 wrapped | punct |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 over | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 over | cop |
| 11 | over | over | ADV | _ | 6 wrapped | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wrap | present · passive | he | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is | present | it | over property | tree rules |
Option 2
Nah, it's his venom that gets you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 venom | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 venom | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 venom | cop |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 venom | nmod:poss |
| 6 | venom | venom | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 gets | nsubj |
| 8 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 venom | acl:relcl |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 gets | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | his venom | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get | present | his venom | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |
Option 3
Nah, it's the fangs and the venom that finish you off every time
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 fangs | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 fangs | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 fangs | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 fangs | det |
| 6 | fangs | fang | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 venom | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 venom | det |
| 9 | venom | venom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fangs | conj |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 finish | nsubj |
| 11 | finish | finish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 venom | acl:relcl |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 finish | obj |
| 13 | off | off | ADP | _ | 11 finish | compound:prt |
| 14 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 time | det |
| 15 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 finish | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | the fangs and the venom | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | finish off | present | the venom | you | time | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality you=Eventuality |
Option 4
Yeah, once he's got you coiled up tight, you're done for good
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 got | punct |
| 3 | once | once | SCONJ | _ | 6 got | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 got | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 got | aux |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 coiled | parataxis |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 coiled | nsubj |
| 8 | coiled | coil | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 coiled | compound:prt |
| 10 | tight | tight | ADV | _ | 8 coiled | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 done | punct |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 done | nsubj |
| 13 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 done | aux:pass |
| 14 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 coiled | conj |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 good | case |
| 16 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 done | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present · passive | he | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | coil up | past | you | tight property | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | do | present · passive | you | for good | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
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