Exam question 4 · Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 9: Mowgli is trapped…

Which of the following statements concerning the summer-house is consistent with the passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, concern, be · To what, where: summer house

This is exam question 4 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	12 consistent	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 consistent	obl
6	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 consistent	csubj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 house	det
8	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 house	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 summer	punct
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 concerning	obj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 consistent	cop
12	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 passage	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 passage	det
15	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 consistent	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 consistent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	concern	gerund	the summer house		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus house=Experiencer
3	is	present		of the following statements; with the passage; consistent property	tree rules

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

Its doors were carved from dark old wood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 doors	nmod:poss
2	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 carved	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 carved	aux:pass
4	carved	carve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 wood	case
6	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 wood	amod
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 wood	amod
8	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carve	past · passive		Its doors		dark old wood			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from wood=Material

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Its walls were made of marble tracery

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 walls	nmod:poss
2	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 made	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 made	aux:pass
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 tracery	case
6	marble	marble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tracery	amod
7	tracery	tracery	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past · passive		Its walls				of marble tracery	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 3

Its walls were stone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 walls	nmod:poss
2	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stone	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stone	cop
4	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Its walls	stone					tree rules

Option 4

Its roof was made of old red clay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 roof	nmod:poss
2	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 made	aux:pass
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 clay	case
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 clay	amod
7	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 clay	amod
8	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past · passive		Its roof				of old red clay	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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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