Exam question 4 · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 12: Mowgli reache…

Which of the following is the most accurate account of the reason the potter's donkey was rescued by Mowgli?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mowgli · What happens: follow, be, rescue · To what, where: donkey

This is exam question 4 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	9 account	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	9 account	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 account	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 account	case
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 account	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 account	det
7	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	8 accurate	advmod
8	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 account	amod
9	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 reason	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 reason	det
12	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 account	nmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 potter	det
14	potter	potter	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 donkey	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 potter	case
16	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 rescued	nsubj:pass
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 rescued	aux:pass
18	rescued	rescue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 reason	acl:relcl
19	by	by	ADP	_	20 Mowgli	case
20	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 rescued	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 account	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the accurate account; of the reason	tree rules
3	rescue	past · passive	Mowgli	the potter's donkey		vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

It slipped into the clay pit and Mowgli hauled it out by the tail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 slipped	nsubj
2	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	6 pit	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pit	det
5	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pit	compound
6	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slipped	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 hauled	cc
8	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 hauled	nsubj
9	hauled	haul	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 slipped	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hauled	obj
11	out	out	ADP	_	9 hauled	compound:prt
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 tail	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 tail	det
14	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hauled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slip	past	It			the clay pit			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	haul out	past	Mowgli	pit				by the tail	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

It refused to carry the pots to Khanhiwara and was beaten by Mowgli

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 refused	nsubj
2	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 carry	mark
4	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 refused	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pots	det
6	pots	pot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 carry	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 Khanhiwara	case
8	Khanhiwara	Khanhiwara	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 carry	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 beaten	cc
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 beaten	aux:pass
11	beaten	beat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 refused	conj
12	by	by	ADP	_	13 Mowgli	case
13	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 beaten	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	refuse	past	It			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not carry	to-infinitive		the pots	Khanhiwara	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pot=Theme to khanhiwara=Destination
3	beat	past · passive	Mowgli			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location

Option 3

It was stolen by village children and recovered by Mowgli

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stolen	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 stolen	aux:pass
3	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 children	case
5	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 children	compound
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stolen	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 recovered	cc
8	recovered	recover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 stolen	conj
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 Mowgli	case
10	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 recovered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past · passive	village children	It					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme
2	recover	participle	village children not said here					by Mowgli	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It was sent by the priest to test Mowgli's strength

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sent	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	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 sent	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 test	mark
8	test	test	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sent	advcl
9	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 strength	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Mowgli	case
11	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 test	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past · passive	the priest	It					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	test	to-infinitive	the priest not said here	Mowgli's strength					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strength=Theme

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