Test 5 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 14: Mowgli's herd…
how'd Akela even help out?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Akela · What happens: help out
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 613 «The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 14: Mowgli's herd crushes Shere Khan in the ravine» 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 | 5 help | advmod |
| 2 | 'd | 'd | PUNCT | _ | 3 Akela | punct |
| 3 | Akela | Akela | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 help | nsubj |
| 4 | even | even | ADV | _ | 5 help | advmod |
| 5 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 help | compound:prt |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 help | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help out | infinitive | Akela | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=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
He led the cows away quietly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 led | nsubj |
| 2 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 cows | det |
| 4 | cows | cow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 away | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 2 led | advmod |
| 6 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 2 led | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lead | past | He | away, quietly property | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
Option 2
He ran off into the hills
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 ran | nsubj |
| 2 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 2 ran | compound:prt |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 hills | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hills | det |
| 6 | hills | hill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 ran | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run off | past | He | into the hills result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into hill=Result |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
He howled and steered the bulls
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 howled | nsubj |
| 2 | howled | howl | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 steered | cc |
| 4 | steered | steer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 howled | conj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bulls | det |
| 6 | bulls | bull | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 steered | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | howl | past | He | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | steer | past | He not said here | the bulls | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bull=Theme |
Option 4
He howled from the wall and steered the bulls to the ravine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 howled | nsubj |
| 2 | howled | howl | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 wall | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 wall | det |
| 5 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 howled | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 steered | cc |
| 7 | steered | steer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 howled | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 bulls | det |
| 9 | bulls | bull | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 steered | obj |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 ravine | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 ravine | det |
| 12 | ravine | ravine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 steered | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | howl | past | He | the wall | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | steer | past | He not said here | the bulls | the ravine | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bull=Theme to ravine=Destination |
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