Test 10 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 12: Mowgli reache…
deadass, did Mowgli hit anyone with his strength
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: deadass · What happens: hit · To what, where: anyone
This is test 10 · ★ 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. 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 | 5 hit | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 deadass | punct |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 hit | aux |
| 4 | Mowgli | Mowgli | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 hit | nsubj |
| 5 | hit | hit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 hit | obj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 strength | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 strength | nmod:poss |
| 9 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hit | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hit | past · do-support | deadass | anyone | with Mowgli's strength | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent anyone=Patient with strength=Instrument |
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 right answer
no, he held back from picking them up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 held | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 held | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 held | nsubj |
| 4 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 held | advmod |
| 6 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 7 picking | mark |
| 7 | picking | pick | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 held | advcl |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 picking | obj |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 picking | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold back | past | he | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | pick up | gerund | he not said here | them = they | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic |
Option 2
yes, he flattened the priest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 flattened | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 flattened | nsubj |
| 4 | flattened | flatten | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 priest | det |
| 6 | priest | priest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 flattened | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flatten | past | he | the priest | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent priest=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
no one saw him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 one | det |
| 2 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 saw | nsubj |
| 3 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 saw | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | no one | him = he | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
Option 4
yes, he broke a pot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 broke | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 broke | nsubj |
| 4 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pot | det |
| 6 | pot | pot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 broke | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | past | he | a pot | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pot=Patient |
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