Test 8 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Mowgli's Brothers, Mowgli dances on Shere…
what's the new tale about, the seals, yeah?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: new tale
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 tale | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 tale | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 tale | det |
| 4 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 tale | amod |
| 5 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | about | about | ADV | _ | 5 tale | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 seals | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 seals | det |
| 9 | seals | seal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 tale | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 seals | punct |
| 11 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 9 seals | discourse |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 tale | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the new tale | the seals nmod; about property | tree rules |
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
Yeah, seals fighting for room on the beach and a bull who never lost a single fight, mate
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 seals | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 seals | punct |
| 3 | seals | seal | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | fighting | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 seals | acl |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 room | case |
| 6 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fighting | obl |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 beach | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 beach | det |
| 9 | beach | beach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 room | nmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 bull | cc |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 bull | det |
| 12 | bull | bull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 beach | conj |
| 13 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 lost | nsubj |
| 14 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 15 lost | advmod |
| 15 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 bull | acl:relcl |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 fight | det |
| 17 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 fight | amod |
| 18 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 lost | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 mate | punct |
| 20 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 seals | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | gerund | seals and mate not said here | for room on the beach and a bull | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | not lose | past | a bull | a single fight | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality |
Option 2
Yeah, seals fighting over the fish, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 seals | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 seals | punct |
| 3 | seals | seal | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | fighting | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 seals | acl |
| 5 | over | over | ADP | _ | 7 fish | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 fish | det |
| 7 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fighting | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 mate | punct |
| 9 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 seals | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | gerund | seals and mate not said here | over the fish | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.theme NP S_ING»: agent=Agent over fish=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, seals fighting for room on the beach
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 seals | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 seals | punct |
| 3 | seals | seal | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | fighting | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 seals | acl |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 room | case |
| 6 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fighting | obl |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 beach | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 beach | det |
| 9 | beach | beach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fighting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | gerund | seals not said here | the beach | for room | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, it's about a wolf, bruv, not seals
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 wolf | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 wolf | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 wolf | cop |
| 5 | about | about | ADV | _ | 7 wolf | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 wolf | det |
| 7 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 bruv | punct |
| 9 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wolf | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 seals | punct |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 seals | advmod |
| 12 | seals | seal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 wolf | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a wolf and bruv and seals | about property | tree rules |
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