Test 4 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 13: Mowgli herds…

how'd Mowgli get the buffaloes to move, with a stick or what?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mowgli, buffaloes · What happens: get, move · To what, where: buffaloes

This is test 4 · ★ 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. 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 get	advmod
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	4 get	punct
3	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 get	nsubj
4	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 buffaloes	det
6	buffaloes	buffalo	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 get	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 move	mark
8	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 get	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 stick	punct
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 stick	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 stick	det
12	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 move	obl
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 what	cc
14	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 stick	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	infinitive	Mowgli	the buffaloes					tree rules
2	move	to-infinitive	the buffaloes not said here					with a stick	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=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

a heavy ash cane, he's the boss now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cane	det
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cane	amod
3	ash	ash	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cane	compound
4	cane	cane	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 boss	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 cane	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 boss	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 boss	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 boss	det
9	boss	boss	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 boss	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a heavy ash cane	the boss			now		tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

a long polished bamboo, he's the boss now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bamboo	det
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bamboo	amod
3	polished	polish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 bamboo	amod
4	bamboo	bamboo	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 boss	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 bamboo	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 boss	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 boss	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 boss	det
9	boss	boss	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 boss	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	polish	participle							vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	a long polished bamboo	the boss			now		tree rules

Option 3

by yelling at them, the herd knows him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 yelling	mark
2	yelling	yell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 knows	advcl
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 them	case
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 yelling	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 yelling	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 herd	det
7	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 knows	nsubj
8	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 knows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	yell speech: express	gerund	the herd not said here					at them = they	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at they=Stimulus
2	know	present	the herd	him = he					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

a long, polished bamboo, he's the boss now and the herd listens to every word he says

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bamboo	det
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bamboo	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 long	punct
4	polished	polish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 bamboo	amod
5	bamboo	bamboo	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 listens	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 boss	punct
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 boss	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 boss	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 boss	det
10	boss	boss	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bamboo	appos
11	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 boss	advmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 herd	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 herd	det
14	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 boss	conj
15	listens	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 word	case
17	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	18 word	det
18	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 listens	obl
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 says	nsubj
20	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 word	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	polish	participle					vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	bamboo	the boss and the herd	now		tree rules
3	listen	present	a long polished bamboo			to every word	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to word=Theme
4	say speech: assert	present	bamboo	every word not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic

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