Exam question 2 · Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 9: Mowgli is trapped…

Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which Bagheera surpassed Kaa at the hill stream?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Bagheera · What happens: follow, describe, surpass · To what, where: manner, Kaa

This is exam question 2 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 surpassed	obl
11	Bagheera	Bagheera	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 surpassed	nsubj
12	surpassed	surpass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 manner	acl:relcl
13	Kaa	Kaa	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 surpassed	obj
14	at	at	ADP	_	17 stream	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 stream	det
16	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 stream	compound
17	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 surpassed	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	surpass	past	Bagheera	Kaa	at the hill stream; in the manner	vn exceed-90 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot kaa=Theme in which=Attribute

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

He bounded across the water while Kaa was still swimming slowly behind him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bounded	nsubj
2	bounded	bound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	across	across	ADP	_	5 water	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 water	det
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bounded	obl
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 swimming	mark
7	Kaa	Kaa	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 swimming	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 swimming	aux
9	still	still	ADV	_	10 swimming	advmod
10	swimming	swim	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 bounded	advcl
11	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	10 swimming	advmod
12	behind	behind	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 swimming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bound	past	He			the water			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across water=Trajectory
2	swim	past · progressive	Kaa				still	behind him = he; slowly property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind he=Trajectory

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He bounded across while Kaa swam

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bounded	nsubj
2	bounded	bound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	across	across	ADV	_	2 bounded	advmod
4	while	while	SCONJ	_	6 swam	mark
5	Kaa	Kaa	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 swam	nsubj
6	swam	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 bounded	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bound	past	He					across property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	swim	past	Kaa						vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He sprang across, Kaa paddled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sprang	nsubj
2	sprang	spring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	across	across	ADV	_	2 sprang	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 paddled	punct
5	Kaa	Kaa	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 paddled	nsubj
6	paddled	paddle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sprang	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spring	past	He					across property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	paddle	past	Kaa						vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

By bounding across the stream on the rocks, while Kaa was forced to swim

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 bounding	mark
2	bounding	bound	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 forced	advcl
3	across	across	ADP	_	5 stream	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stream	det
5	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bounding	obl
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 rocks	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rocks	det
8	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stream	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 bounding	punct
10	while	while	SCONJ	_	13 forced	mark
11	Kaa	Kaa	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 forced	nsubj:pass
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 forced	aux:pass
13	forced	force	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
14	to	to	PART	_	15 swim	mark
15	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 forced	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	bound	gerund			the stream on the rocks	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across stream=Trajectory
2	force	past · passive		Kaa		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
3	swim	to-infinitive	Kaa not said here			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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