Exam question 3 · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, Mowgli dances on Shere…

With reference to the passage, what is the principal reason the wolves gave for requesting Akela's return as leader?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: passage, wolves, Akela · What happens: be, give, request, return · To what, where: principal reason, return

This is exam question 3 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 reason	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 reason	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 reason	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 reason	det
10	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 reason	amod
11	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 passage	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wolves	det
13	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 gave	nsubj
14	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 reason	acl:relcl
15	for	for	SCONJ	_	16 requesting	mark
16	requesting	request	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 gave	advcl
17	Akela	Akela	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 return	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 Akela	case
19	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 requesting	obj
20	as	as	ADP	_	21 leader	case
21	leader	leader	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 requesting	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 reference	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the passage and the principal reason	the principal reason		tree rules
2	give	past	the wolves	the principal reason not said here		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
3	request	gerund	the wolves not said here	Akela's return	as leader	vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent return=Recipient
4	return		Akela			nom return «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

They were bored of hunting.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 bored	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bored	aux:pass
3	bored	bore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 hunting	case
5	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bored	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 bored	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bore	past · passive		They				of hunting	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 2

Akela was the only true leader.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Akela	Akela	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 leader	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 leader	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 leader	det
4	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 leader	amod
5	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 leader	amod
6	leader	leader	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 leader	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Akela	the only true leader					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Their present lawlessness had become unbearable to them.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 lawlessness	nmod:poss
2	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lawlessness	amod
3	lawlessness	lawlessness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 become	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 become	aux
5	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	unbearable	unbearable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 become	xcomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 them	case
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 unbearable	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 become	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past · perfect	Their present lawlessness					unbearable property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 4

The old Law had fallen apart and they wanted it back again.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Law	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Law	amod
3	Law	Law	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 fallen	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fallen	aux
5	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	apart	apart	ADV	_	5 fallen	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wanted	cc
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 wanted	nsubj
9	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fallen	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 wanted	obj
11	back	back	ADV	_	9 wanted	advmod
12	again	again	ADV	_	9 wanted	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 fallen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall apart	past · perfect	the old Law					apart property	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	want back	past	they	Law			again		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme

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