Test 5 · ★ · Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 9: Mowgli is trapped…

what was the monkeys' whole deal about their city, fam?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: whole deal, monkeys · What happens: be, deal

This is test 5 · ★ 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. 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	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 what	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 monkeys	det
4	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 deal	nmod:poss
5	'	's	PART	_	4 monkeys	case
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 deal	amod
7	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 what	nsubj
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 city	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 city	nmod:poss
10	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 deal	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 fam	punct
12	fam	fam	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 city	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the monkeys's whole deal about monkeys's city and fam						tree rules
2	deal		the monkeys					about monkeys's city and fam	nom deal «act transitive»: poss=agent about=obl

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

They said they were the wisest in the jungle, and that everyone should bow to their city

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wisest	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 wisest	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wisest	det
6	wisest	wise	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 said	ccomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 jungle	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 jungle	det
9	jungle	jungle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wisest	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 bow	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 bow	cc
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 bow	mark
13	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	15 bow	nsubj
14	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 bow	aux
15	bow	bow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	parataxis
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 city	case
17	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 city	nmod:poss
18	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	They			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	they	the jungle	wise property	tree rules
3	bow	should	everyone		to their city	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to city=Theme

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

They said they were the wisest in the jungle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wisest	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 wisest	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wisest	det
6	wisest	wise	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 said	ccomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 jungle	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 jungle	det
9	jungle	jungle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wisest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	They						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	they			the jungle		wise property	tree rules

Option 3

They said they ruled the whole jungle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ruled	nsubj
4	ruled	rule	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 jungle	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 jungle	amod
7	jungle	jungle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ruled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	They						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	rule	past	they	the whole jungle					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jungle=Theme

Option 4

They said they were the wisest of all the creatures in the jungle and the best

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wisest	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 wisest	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wisest	det
6	wisest	wise	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 said	ccomp
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 creatures	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 creatures	det:predet
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 creatures	det
10	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wisest	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 jungle	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 jungle	det
13	jungle	jungle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 creatures	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 best	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 best	det
16	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 wisest	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	They		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	they	of all creatures in the jungle; wise property	tree rules
3	be		they not said here		tree rules

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