Exam question 1 · The Jungle Book, The White Seal, part 17: Sea Catch return…

Which statement most accurately characterises Matkah's attitude toward the colony's reputation?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement, colony · What happens: characteris, repute · To what, where: attitude

This is exam question 1 of lesson 616 «The Jungle Book, The White Seal, part 17: Sea Catch returns battered, Kotick is born white, and he grows up to fish at sea» 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 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 characterises	nsubj
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 accurately	advmod
4	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	5 characterises	advmod
5	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	Matkah	Matkah	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 attitude	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Matkah	case
8	attitude	attitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 characterises	obj
9	toward	toward	ADP	_	13 reputation	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 colony	det
11	colony	colony	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 reputation	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 colony	case
13	reputation	reputation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 characterises	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	characteris	present	which statement	Matkah's attitude				toward the colony's reputation; accurately property	tree rules
2	repute		the colony						nom reputation «state transitive»: 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

She felt the seals should mix freely with the bachelors on the rocks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 seals	det
4	seals	seal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 mix	nsubj
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 mix	aux
6	mix	mix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 felt	ccomp
7	freely	freely	ADV	_	6 mix	advmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 bachelors	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bachelors	det
10	bachelors	bachelor	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 mix	obl
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 rocks	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 rocks	det
13	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 bachelors	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	She						vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	mix	should	the seals					with the bachelors on the rocks; freely property	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with bachelor=Co-Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She argued that the colony's reputation depended on the young bulls staying away from the rookery and the sea

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 argued	nsubj
2	argued	argue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 depended	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 colony	det
5	colony	colony	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reputation	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 colony	case
7	reputation	reputation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 depended	nsubj
8	depended	depend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 argued	ccomp
9	on	on	ADP	_	12 bulls	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bulls	det
11	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 bulls	amod
12	bulls	bull	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 depended	obl
13	staying	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 bulls	acl
14	away	away	ADV	_	13 staying	advmod
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 rookery	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 rookery	det
17	rookery	rookery	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 staying	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 sea	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 sea	det
20	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 rookery	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	argue speech: disagree	past	She			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	depend	past	the colony's reputation		on the young bulls	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on bull=Theme
3	stay away	gerund	the young bulls not said here	the rookery and the sea	away property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	repute		the colony			nom reputation «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She held that the seals must preserve appearances and avoid Otter Island

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 held	nsubj
2	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 preserve	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 seals	det
5	seals	seal	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 preserve	nsubj
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 preserve	aux
7	preserve	preserve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 held	advcl
8	appearances	appearance	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 preserve	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 avoid	cc
10	avoid	avoid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin	2 held	conj
11	Otter	Otter	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Island	compound
12	Island	Island	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 held	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	hold	past	She	Otter Island	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	preserve	must	the seals	appearances	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appearance=Beneficiary
3	avoid	present	She not said here		vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 4

She thought the holluschickie deserved to be ignored by the colony

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 holluschickie	det
4	holluschickie	holluschickie	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 deserved	nsubj
5	deserved	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 thought	ccomp
6	to	to	PART	_	8 ignored	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 ignored	aux:pass
8	ignored	ignore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 deserved	xcomp
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 colony	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 colony	det
11	colony	colony	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ignored	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	She	vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	deserve	past	the holluschickie	tree rules
3	ignore	to-infinitive · passive	the colony	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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