Exam question 1 · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, Mowgli dances on Shere…

Which of the following statements most accurately describes the conduct of Mowgli following his song at the Council Rock?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: conduct, Mowgli · What happens: follow, describe, conduct, sing · To what, where: conduct, song, Council Rock, Mowgli

This is exam question 1 of lesson 615 «The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, Mowgli dances on Shere Khan's hide and leaves the wolves for good» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 describes	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 describes	advmod
8	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 conduct	det
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 describes	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Mowgli	case
12	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 conduct	nmod
13	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 conduct	acl
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 song	nmod:poss
15	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 following	obj
16	at	at	ADP	_	19 Rock	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Rock	det
18	Council	Council	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 Rock	compound
19	Rock	Rock	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 following	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the conduct of Mowgli		of the following statements; accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme
3	follow	gerund	the conduct of Mowgli not said here	Mowgli's song	the Council Rock		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent song=Theme at rock=Trajectory
4	conduct			Mowgli			nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient
5	sing		Mowgli				nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=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 wanders the forest with the four cubs at his side.

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 wanders	nsubj
2	wanders	wander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 forest	det
4	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanders	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 cubs	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cubs	det
7	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 cubs	nummod
8	cubs	cub	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 forest	nmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 side	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 side	nmod:poss
11	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cubs	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wanders	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wander	present	He	the forest				with the four cubs at his side	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme forest=Trajectory

Option 2

He returns to the Man-Pack village with the wolves.

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 returns	nsubj
2	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	8 village	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 village	det
5	Man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 village	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 Man	punct
7	Pack	Pack	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 village	compound
8	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 returns	obl
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 wolves	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wolves	det
11	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 village	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 returns	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	present	He					to the Man Pack village with the wolves result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to village=Result

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He departs into the jungle in the company of the four cubs.

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 departs	nsubj
2	departs	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 jungle	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 jungle	det
5	jungle	jungle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 departs	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 company	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 company	det
8	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 departs	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 cubs	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 cubs	det
11	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 cubs	nummod
12	cubs	cub	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 company	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 departs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depart	present	He			the jungle		in the company of the four cubs	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into jungle=Initial_Location

Option 4

He stays at the Rock with Akela.

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 stays	nsubj
2	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 Rock	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Rock	det
5	Rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stays	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 Akela	case
7	Akela	Akela	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Rock	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stays	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	present	He			the Rock with Akela			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at rock=Location

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