Exam question 2 · Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting: Kaa smashes the wall, and the…

What reason did Bagheera give for punishing Mowgli?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Bagheera · What happens: give, punish · To what, where: Mowgli

This is exam question 2 of lesson 610 «Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting: Kaa smashes the wall, and the monkeys freeze under the Hunger Dance» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 give	obj
2	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 give	aux
4	Bagheera	Bagheera	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 give	nsubj
5	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	for	for	SCONJ	_	7 punishing	mark
7	punishing	punish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 give	advcl
8	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 punishing	obj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · do-support	Bagheera						vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme
2	punish	gerund	Bagheera not said here	Mowgli					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mowgli=Patient

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

The boy had caused serious harm to the entire company through his reckless conduct, and the Law demands fair punishment for it

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caused	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 caused	aux
4	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 harm	amod
6	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caused	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 company	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 company	det
9	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 company	amod
10	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caused	obl
11	through	through	ADP	_	14 conduct	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 conduct	nmod:poss
13	reckless	reckless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 conduct	amod
14	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 company	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 demands	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 demands	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Law	det
18	Law	Law	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 demands	nsubj
19	demands	demand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 caused	conj
20	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 punishment	amod
21	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 demands	obj
22	for	for	ADP	_	23 it	case
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 demands	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cause	past · perfect	the boy	serious harm	to the entire company through boy's reckless conduct	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition harm=Patient
2	demand speech: request	present	the Law	fair punishment	for punishment	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme punishment=Precondition
3	conduct		boy			nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

The boy had insulted the whole company during the dance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 insulted	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 insulted	aux
4	insulted	insult	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 company	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 company	amod
7	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 insulted	obj
8	during	during	ADP	_	10 dance	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dance	det
10	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 insulted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	insult	past · perfect · passive		the boy			during the dance		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer company=Result

Option 3

The boy had caused harm to the company through his noisy play

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caused	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 caused	aux
4	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caused	xcomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 company	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 company	det
8	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caused	obl
9	through	through	ADP	_	12 play	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 play	nmod:poss
11	noisy	noisy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 play	amod
12	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caused	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	past · perfect	the boy	harm		boy's noisy play		to the company	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to company=Patient
2	play		boy						nom play «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The boy had caused harm to the company through his conduct

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caused	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 caused	aux
4	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caused	xcomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 company	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 company	det
8	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caused	obl
9	through	through	ADP	_	11 conduct	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 conduct	nmod:poss
11	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caused	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	past · perfect	the boy	harm		boy's conduct		to the company	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to company=Patient
2	conduct		boy						nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent

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