Exam question 2 · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers: Mowgli skins Shere Kha…

Which description accurately characterises the manner in which Akela dealt with the hunter Buldeo at the carcass?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: description, Akela · What happens: characteris, deal · To what, where: manner

This is exam question 2 of lesson 614 «The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers: Mowgli skins Shere Khan and is cast out by the village» 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 description	det
2	description	description	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 characterises	nsubj
3	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	4 characterises	advmod
4	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 manner	det
6	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 characterises	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 which	case
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 dealt	obl
9	Akela	Akela	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 dealt	nsubj
10	dealt	deal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 manner	acl:relcl
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 hunter	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hunter	det
13	hunter	hunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dealt	obl
14	Buldeo	Buldeo	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 hunter	appos
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 carcass	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 carcass	det
17	carcass	carcass	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dealt	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	characteris	present	which description	the manner				accurately property	tree rules
2	deal	past	Akela			the manner		with the hunter; at the carcass	vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with hunter=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 · ← Mova's choice

He threw the hunter down and lay across his chest in the grass

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 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hunter	det
4	hunter	hunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threw	obj
5	down	down	ADP	_	2 threw	compound:prt
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 lay	cc
7	lay	lay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 threw	conj
8	across	across	ADP	_	10 chest	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 chest	nmod:poss
10	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lay	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 grass	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 grass	det
13	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw down	past	He	the hunter					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hunter=Theme
2	lay	infinitive	He not said here			his chest		in the grass	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in grass=Destination

Option 2

He leapt upon the hunter, throwing him flat onto the grass, and then stood over him while the pack watched from the trees and the village men fled

The tree, 28 words

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 leapt	nsubj
2	leapt	leapt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 hunter	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hunter	det
5	hunter	hunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leapt	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 throwing	punct
7	throwing	throw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 leapt	advcl
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 throwing	obj
9	flat	flat	ADV	_	7 throwing	advmod
10	onto	onto	ADP	_	12 grass	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 grass	det
12	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 throwing	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 stood	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 stood	cc
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 stood	advmod
16	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 leapt	conj
17	over	over	ADP	_	18 him	case
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 stood	obl
19	while	while	SCONJ	_	22 watched	mark
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 pack	det
21	pack	pack	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 watched	nsubj
22	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 stood	advcl
23	from	from	ADP	_	25 trees	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 trees	det
25	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 watched	obl
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 fled	cc
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 men	det
28	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 men	compound
29	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 fled	nsubj
30	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 leapt	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leapt	past	He				upon the hunter	tree rules
2	throw	gerund	He not said here	him = he	the grass		flat property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme onto grass=Destination
3	stand	past	He not said here			then	over him = he	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over he=Location
4	watch	past	the pack		the trees			vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
5	flee	past	the village men					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He stood over the hunter, who had been thrown flat upon the grass, and growled at the pack gathered around them

The tree, 21 words

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 stood	nsubj
2	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	over	over	ADP	_	5 hunter	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hunter	det
5	hunter	hunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stood	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 thrown	punct
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 thrown	nsubj:pass
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 thrown	aux
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 thrown	aux:pass
10	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 hunter	acl
11	flat	flat	ADV	_	10 thrown	advmod
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 grass	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 grass	det
14	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 thrown	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 growled	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 growled	cc
17	growled	growl	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 stood	conj
18	at	at	ADP	_	20 pack	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 pack	det
20	pack	pack	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 growled	obl
21	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stood	conj
22	around	around	ADP	_	23 them	case
23	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 gathered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	stand	past	He		the hunter		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over hunter=Location
2	throw	past · perfect · passive		the hunter	the grass	flat property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme upon grass=Destination
3	growl	participle	He not said here			at the pack	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at pack=Stimulus
4	gather	past	He not said here			around them = they	vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He placed himself over the hunter, who was thrown flat upon the grass

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 placed	nsubj
2	placed	place	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 placed	obj
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 hunter	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hunter	det
6	hunter	hunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 placed	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 thrown	punct
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 thrown	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 thrown	aux:pass
10	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 hunter	acl
11	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 thrown	xcomp
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 grass	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 grass	det
14	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	past	He	himself = he		the hunter			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Theme over hunter=Destination
2	throw	past · passive		the hunter		the grass		flat property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme upon grass=Destination

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