Test 11 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, Mowgli dances on Shere…
why did the seals go crazy every spring?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: seals · What happens: go
This is test 11 · ★ 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. 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 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 go | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 go | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 seals | det |
| 4 | seals | seal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 go | nsubj |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | crazy | crazy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 go | xcomp |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 spring | det |
| 8 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 go | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past · do-support | the seals | spring | crazy property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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
Everyone wanted a good spot by the sea, and the old bulls fought over every single bit of sand
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 spot | det |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 spot | amod |
| 5 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wanted | obj |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 sea | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sea | det |
| 8 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wanted | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 fought | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 fought | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 bulls | det |
| 12 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 bulls | amod |
| 13 | bulls | bull | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 fought | nsubj |
| 14 | fought | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 wanted | conj |
| 15 | over | over | ADP | _ | 18 bit | case |
| 16 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 18 bit | det |
| 17 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 bit | amod |
| 18 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 fought | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 sand | case |
| 20 | sand | sand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 bit | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | Everyone | a good spot | by the sea | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot spot=Theme | |||
| 2 | fight | past | the old bulls | over every single bit of sand | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.theme NP S_ING»: agent=Agent over bit=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Everyone wanted a good spot by the sea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 spot | det |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 spot | amod |
| 5 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wanted | obj |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 sea | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sea | det |
| 8 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wanted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | Everyone | a good spot | by the sea | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot spot=Theme |
Option 3
Everyone wanted a good spot by the sea, so the seals fought each other from dawn to dusk.
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 spot | det |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 spot | amod |
| 5 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wanted | obj |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 sea | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sea | det |
| 8 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wanted | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 fought | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 fought | advmod |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 seals | det |
| 12 | seals | seal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 fought | nsubj |
| 13 | fought | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 wanted | conj |
| 14 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 13 fought | obj |
| 15 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 each | fixed |
| 16 | from | from | ADP | _ | 17 dawn | case |
| 17 | dawn | dawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 fought | obl |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 dusk | case |
| 19 | dusk | dusk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 dawn | nmod |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wanted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | Everyone | a good spot | by the sea | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot spot=Theme | |||
| 2 | fight | past | the seals | each | dawn | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Co-Agent |
Option 4
They all wanted the best beach spot
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 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 1 They | det |
| 3 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 spot | det |
| 5 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 spot | amod |
| 6 | beach | beach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 spot | compound |
| 7 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | They | the best beach spot | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot spot=Theme |
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