Exam question 3 · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 12: Mowgli reache…

Which of the following accurately records the sequence of Mowgli's acquisition of human custom during the three months following his arrival?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: three months, Mowgli · What happens: follow, record, acquire, arrive · To what, where: sequence, arrival, human custom

This is exam question 3 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 records	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 records	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 records	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 records	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 records	advmod
6	records	record	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sequence	det
8	sequence	sequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 records	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 acquisition	case
10	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 acquisition	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Mowgli	case
12	acquisition	acquisition	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sequence	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 custom	case
14	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 custom	amod
15	custom	custom	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 acquisition	nmod
16	during	during	ADP	_	19 months	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 months	det
18	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 months	nummod
19	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 records	obl
20	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	19 months	acl
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 arrival	nmod:poss
22	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 following	obj
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 records	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	record	present		the sequence of Mowgli's acquisition of human custom	month	accurately property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sequence=Theme
3	follow	gerund	the three months not said here	Mowgli's arrival			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrival=Theme
4	acquire		Mowgli	human custom			nom acquisition «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient
5	arrive		Mowgli				nom arrival «act intransitive»: 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

Clothing, then agricultural practice, then monetary usage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clothing	clothing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 practice	punct
3	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 practice	advmod
4	agricultural	agricultural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 practice	amod
5	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Clothing	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 usage	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 monetary	advmod
8	monetary	monetary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 usage	amod
9	usage	usage	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Clothing	conj

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

Option 2

Agricultural practice, then clothing, then monetary usage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Agricultural	agricultural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 practice	amod
2	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 clothing	punct
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 clothing	advmod
5	clothing	clothe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 practice	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 usage	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 monetary	advmod
8	monetary	monetary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 usage	amod
9	usage	usage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 practice	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clothe	gerund					then		vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Clothing, then monetary usage, then agricultural practice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clothing	clothing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 usage	punct
3	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 usage	advmod
4	monetary	monetary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 usage	amod
5	usage	usage	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Clothing	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 practice	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 agricultural	advmod
8	agricultural	agricultural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 practice	amod
9	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Clothing	conj

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

Option 4

Monetary usage, then agricultural practice, then clothing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Monetary	monetary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 usage	amod
2	usage	usage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 practice	punct
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 practice	advmod
5	agricultural	agricultural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 practice	amod
6	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 usage	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 clothing	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 clothing	advmod
9	clothing	clothe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 usage	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clothe	gerund					then		vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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