Exam question 1 · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 13: Mowgli herds…

Which statement most accurately identifies the animal whose limp was disputed by the speakers at the village club?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement, speakers · What happens: identify, dispute · To what, where: animal, village club

This is exam question 1 of lesson 612 «The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 13: Mowgli herds the buffaloes and hears that Shere Khan is back» 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 identifies	nsubj
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 accurately	advmod
4	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	5 identifies	advmod
5	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 animal	det
7	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 disputed	nsubj:pass
8	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	9 limp	nmod:poss
9	limp	limp	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 disputed	nsubj:pass
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 disputed	aux:pass
11	disputed	dispute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 identifies	ccomp
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 speakers	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 speakers	det
14	speakers	speaker	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 disputed	obl
15	at	at	ADP	_	18 club	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 club	det
17	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 club	compound
18	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 disputed	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	present	which statement					accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	dispute	past · passive	the speakers	the animal		the village club			tree rules

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 jackal, whose left paw was torn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 jackal	det
2	jackal	jackal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 torn	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 paw	punct
4	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	6 paw	nmod:poss
5	left	left	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 paw	amod
6	paw	paw	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 jackal	conj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 torn	aux:pass
8	torn	tear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tear	past · passive		the jackal and the jackal and the jackal's left paw's left paw					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

The buffalo bull, whose hooves were uneven

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bull	det
2	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bull	compound
3	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 uneven	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 hooves	punct
5	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	6 hooves	nmod:poss
6	hooves	hoove	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bull	conj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 uneven	cop
8	uneven	uneven	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the buffalo bull and the buffalo bull and the buffalo bull's hooves's hooves					uneven property	tree rules

Option 3

The buffalo

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 buffalo	det
2	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The tiger, whose pad tracks were unequal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tiger	det
2	tiger	tiger	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 unequal	compound
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 tracks	punct
4	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	6 tracks	nmod:poss
5	pad	pad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tracks	compound
6	tracks	track	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tiger	conj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 unequal	cop
8	unequal	unequal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		tiger unequal					tree rules

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