Exam question 2 · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 12: Mowgli reache…

Which statement most accurately describes the cause of Mowgli's refusal to remain within the hut overnight?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement, Mowgli · What happens: describe, remain, cause, refuse · To what, where: cause, refusal

This is exam question 2 of lesson 611 «The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 12: Mowgli reaches a village and is taken in as a lost son» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	nsubj
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 accurately	advmod
4	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	5 describes	advmod
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cause	det
7	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 refusal	case
9	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 refusal	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Mowgli	case
11	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cause	nmod
12	to	to	PART	_	13 remain	mark
13	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 describes	ccomp
14	within	within	ADP	_	16 hut	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 hut	det
16	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 remain	obl
17	overnight	overnight	ADV	_	13 remain	advmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which statement	the cause of Mowgli's refusal	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent cause=Theme clause=Attribute
2	remain	to-infinitive	which statement not said here		within the hut; overnight property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	cause			Mowgli's refusal		nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient
4	refuse		Mowgli			nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice

He is forbidden by the priest from entering any dwelling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 forbidden	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 forbidden	aux:pass
3	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 priest	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 priest	det
6	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forbidden	obl
7	from	from	SCONJ	_	8 entering	mark
8	entering	enter	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 forbidden	advcl
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 dwelling	det
10	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 entering	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forbid	present · passive	the priest	He					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme
2	enter	gerund	the priest not said here	any dwelling					vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme dwelling=Destination

Option 2

He has been instructed by Gray Brother to sleep outside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 instructed	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 instructed	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 instructed	aux:pass
4	instructed	instruct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Gray	case
6	Gray	Gray	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 instructed	obl
7	Brother	Brother	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Gray	flat
8	to	to	PART	_	9 sleep	mark
9	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 instructed	advcl
10	outside	outside	ADV	_	9 sleep	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	instruct speech: other	present · perfect · passive	Gray	He					vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient
2	sleep	to-infinitive	Gray not said here					outside property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He prefers the warmth of the open field to any dwelling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 prefers	nsubj
2	prefers	prefer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 warmth	det
4	warmth	warmth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prefers	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 field	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 field	det
7	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 field	amod
8	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 warmth	nmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 dwelling	case
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 dwelling	det
11	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prefers	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prefer	present	He	the warmth of the open field				to any dwelling	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer warmth=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He regards the enclosed dwelling as resembling a trap for beasts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 regards	nsubj
2	regards	regard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dwelling	det
4	enclosed	enclose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 dwelling	amod
5	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 regards	obj
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 resembling	mark
7	resembling	resemble	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 regards	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 trap	det
9	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 resembling	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 beasts	case
11	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 resembling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	regard	present	He	the enclosed dwelling		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dwelling=Theme
2	enclose	participle				vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
3	resemble	gerund	He not said here	a trap	for beasts	tree rules

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