Test 7 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 10: Kaa scares of…

innit, what did Bagheera yell when he was stuck in the tank

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bagheera · What happens: yell, be · To what, where: tank

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 609 «The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 10: Kaa scares off the Monkey-People while Mowgli stays trapped» 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	innit	innit	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 yell	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 innit	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 yell	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 yell	aux
5	Bagheera	Bagheera	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 yell	nsubj
6	yell	yell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 stuck	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 stuck	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 stuck	cop
10	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 yell	advcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 tank	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tank	det
13	tank	tank	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stuck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	yell speech: express	past · do-support	Bagheera					innit vocative	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic
2	is	past	Bagheera			the tank		stuck 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

help, he begged Mowgli for a hand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 begged	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 help	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 begged	nsubj
4	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 begged	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 hand	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hand	det
8	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 begged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past	he		Mowgli			for a hand	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent mowgli=Recipient for hand=Topic

Option 2

help, help, he kept shouting the name of the panther's friend Baloo

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	help	help	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 kept	parataxis
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 help	punct
3	help	help	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 help	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 help	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 kept	nsubj
6	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	shouting	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 kept	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 name	det
9	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shouting	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	14 friend	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 panther	det
12	panther	panther	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 friend	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 panther	case
14	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 name	nmod
15	Baloo	Baloo	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 friend	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	help	infinitive			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	help	infinitive			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	keep	past	he		tree rules
4	shout speech: express	gerund	he not said here	the name of the panther's friend	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic
5	name			the panther's friend	nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

help, he called the snake call

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 called	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 help	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 called	nsubj
4	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 call	det
6	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 call	compound
7	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 called	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	he	the snake call					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent call=Recipient

Option 4

Mowgli!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Mowgli	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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