Exam question 3 · The Jungle Book, The White Seal, part 17: Sea Catch return…

Which of the following accurately describes the navigational advice given by Sea Pig the Porpoise?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe, give · To what, where: navigational advice

This is exam question 3 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 advice	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	9 advice	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 advice	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 advice	csubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 advice	det
8	navigational	navigational	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 advice	amod
9	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 advice	acl
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 Pig	case
12	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Pig	compound
13	Pig	Pig	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 given	obl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Porpoise	det
15	Porpoise	Porpoise	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Pig	appos
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 advice	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	give	participle	the navigational advice not said here	by Sea Pig	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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

If the tail itches, the seal should swim south

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	4 itches	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tail	det
3	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 itches	nsubj
4	itches	itch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 swim	advcl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 itches	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 seal	det
7	seal	seal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 swim	nsubj
8	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 swim	aux
9	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	south	south	ADV	_	9 swim	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	itch a condition, not said to happen	present	the tail						vn pain-40.8.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	swim	should	the seal					south property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

When the tail tingles south of the Equator, one must head north

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	SCONJ	_	4 tingles	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tail	det
3	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tingles	nsubj
4	tingles	tingle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	south	south	ADV	_	8 Equator	advmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 Equator	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Equator	det
8	Equator	Equator	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 tingles	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 head	punct
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 head	nummod
11	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 head	aux
12	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tingles	conj
13	north	north	ADV	_	12 head	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tingle	present	the tail					of the Equator	vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Whenever the tail tingles anywhere in the southern ocean, the seal should find the nearest shelter immediately

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	4 tingles	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tail	det
3	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tingles	nsubj
4	tingles	tingle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 find	advcl
5	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 tingles	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 ocean	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ocean	det
8	southern	southern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 ocean	amod
9	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tingles	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 find	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 seal	det
12	seal	seal	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 find	nsubj
13	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 find	aux
14	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 shelter	det
16	nearest	near	ADJ	Degree=Sup	17 shelter	amod
17	shelter	shelter	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 find	obj
18	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	14 find	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tingle	present	the tail			the southern ocean		anywhere, whenever property	vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	find	should	the seal	the nearest shelter				immediately property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shelter=Topic

Option 4

A tingling tail means the gale comes from the north

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 tail	det
2	tingling	tingling	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tail	compound
3	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gale	det
6	gale	gale	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 comes	nsubj
7	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 means	ccomp
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 north	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 north	det
10	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 comes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	a tingling tail						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	come	present	the gale			the north			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from north=Initial_Location

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