Test 8 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, part 14: Mowgli's herd…

did the herd kids run back to the village?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: herd kids · What happens: do, run back

This is test 8 · ★ 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	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 kids	det
3	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kids	compound
4	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 run	nsubj
5	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 did	parataxis
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 run	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 village	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 village	det
9	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 run	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past							vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	run back	present	the herd kids					to the village result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to village=Result

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

nope, they stayed put at the herd

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nope	nope	INTJ	_	5 put	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nope	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 put	nsubj
4	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 put	aux:pass
5	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 herd	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 herd	det
8	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	past · passive		they		the herd			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme at herd=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yup, screaming the buffs went wild

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yup	yup	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 screaming	punct
3	screaming	scream	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 yup	acl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 buffs	det
5	buffs	buff	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 screaming	obj
6	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 went	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scream speech: express	gerund	yup not said here	the buffs					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent buff=Topic
2	go	past	yup					wild property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

nah, the buffs chased them back all the way to the gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 buffs	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 buffs	det
4	buffs	buff	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 chased	nsubj
5	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 chased	obj
7	back	back	ADV	_	5 chased	advmod
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 way	det:predet
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 way	det
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chased	obl:unmarked
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 gate	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 gate	det
13	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase back	past	the buffs	them = they		the gate		all way obl:unmarked	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme to gate=Trajectory

Option 4

nah, they hid by the well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 hid	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hid	nsubj
4	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 well	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 well	det
7	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	they					by the well	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by well=Location

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