Exam question 1 · Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 9: Mowgli is trapped…
With reference to the passage, to what location were the boy and the monkeys conveyed?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: be, convey · To what, where: boy
This is exam question 1 of lesson 608 «Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 9: Mowgli is trapped by the monkeys in the ruined Cold Lairs» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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 | With | with | ADP | _ | 2 reference | case |
| 2 | reference | reference | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 conveyed | obl |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 passage | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 passage | det |
| 5 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 reference | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 boy | punct |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 what | case |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 12 boy | nsubj |
| 9 | location | location | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 what | nsubj |
| 10 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 boy | cop |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 boy | det |
| 12 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 conveyed | nsubj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 monkeys | cc |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 monkeys | det |
| 15 | monkeys | monkey | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 boy | conj |
| 16 | conveyed | convey | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 16 conveyed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the boy and the monkeys | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | convey | participle | the boy and the monkeys | with reference to the passage | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 Cold Lairs, a deserted ruined city buried deep in the jungle and forgotten
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Lairs | det |
| 2 | Cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Lairs | amod |
| 3 | Lairs | lair | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 city | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 city | det |
| 6 | deserted | desert | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 city | amod |
| 7 | ruined | ruin | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 city | amod |
| 8 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Lairs | nmod |
| 9 | buried | bury | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 city | acl |
| 10 | deep | deep | ADV | _ | 9 buried | advmod |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 jungle | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 jungle | det |
| 13 | jungle | jungle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 buried | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 forgotten | cc |
| 15 | forgotten | forget | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 buried | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | desert | participle | vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | ruin | participle | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | bury | participle | a deserted ruined city not said here | the jungle | deep property | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in jungle=Destination | |||
| 4 | forget | participle | tree rules |
Option 2
The Council Rock, a sunken hill fort
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Rock | det |
| 2 | Council | Council | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Rock | compound |
| 3 | Rock | Rock | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 fort | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 fort | det |
| 6 | sunken | sunken | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 fort | amod |
| 7 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fort | compound |
| 8 | fort | fort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Rock | acl:relcl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The Cold Lairs, a vast ruined city of marble halls that the monkeys had claimed
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Lairs | det |
| 2 | Cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Lairs | amod |
| 3 | Lairs | lair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 city | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 Lairs | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 vast | det |
| 6 | vast | vast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 city | nsubj |
| 7 | ruined | ruin | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 city | amod |
| 8 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 halls | case |
| 10 | marble | marble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 halls | amod |
| 11 | halls | hall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 city | nmod |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 claimed | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 monkeys | det |
| 14 | monkeys | monkey | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 claimed | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 claimed | aux |
| 16 | claimed | claim | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 halls | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ruin | participle | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | claim speech: other | past · perfect · passive | marble halls | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The Cold Lairs, a deserted ruined city
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Lairs | det |
| 2 | Cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Lairs | amod |
| 3 | Lairs | lair | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 city | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 city | det |
| 6 | deserted | desert | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 city | amod |
| 7 | ruined | ruin | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 city | amod |
| 8 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Lairs | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | desert | participle | vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | ruin | participle | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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