Test 11 · ★ · Jungle Book, Kaa's Hunting: Kaa smashes the wall, and the…

deadass, what did Baloo say the Law says about sorrow?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Baloo, Law · What happens: say · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ 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. 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	deadass	deadass	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 say	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 deadass	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 say	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 say	aux
5	Baloo	Baloo	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 say	nsubj
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Law	det
8	Law	Law	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 says	nsubj
9	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 say	parataxis
10	about	about	ADP	_	11 sorrow	case
11	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 says	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	Baloo					deadass vocative	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
2	say speech: assert	present	the Law					about sorrow	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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

Sorrow always brings the end

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brings	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 brings	advmod
3	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 end	det
5	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brings	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	present	Sorrow	the end				always property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent end=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Sorrow never stays punishment, which is what the Law says

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stays	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 stays	advmod
3	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stays	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 what	punct
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 what	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 what	cop
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 punishment	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Law	det
10	Law	Law	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 says	nsubj
11	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 what	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not stay	present	Sorrow	punishment	vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme punishment=Location
2	is a	present	punishment		tree rules
3	say speech: assert	present	the Law		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Sorrow never stays punishment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stays	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 stays	advmod
3	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stays	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not stay	present	Sorrow	punishment					vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme punishment=Location

Option 4

Sorrow stays

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stays	nsubj
2	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	present	Sorrow						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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