Exam question 4 · The Jungle Book, The White Seal, part 17: Sea Catch return…

Which feeling at the end of the passage best indicates Kotick's longing for his former home?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: feeling, Kotick · What happens: indicate, long · To what, where: longing

This is exam question 4 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 feeling	det
2	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 indicates	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 end	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 end	det
5	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feeling	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 passage	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 passage	det
8	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 end	nmod
9	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 passage	amod
10	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	Kotick	Kotick	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 longing	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Kotick	case
13	longing	longing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 indicates	obj
14	for	for	ADP	_	17 home	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 home	nmod:poss
16	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 home	amod
17	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 indicates	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 indicates	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	which feeling at the end of the passage	Kotick's longing				for feeling's former home	vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot longing=Topic
2	long		Kotick						nom longing «feeling 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

A heavy, aching nostalgia for the cold sands of the place where he was born, and the bulls

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 nostalgia	det
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 nostalgia	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 heavy	punct
4	aching	ache	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 nostalgia	amod
5	nostalgia	nostalgia	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 sands	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sands	det
8	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sands	amod
9	sands	sand	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 nostalgia	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 place	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 place	det
12	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sands	nmod
13	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	16 born	advmod
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 born	nsubj:pass
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 born	aux:pass
16	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 place	acl:relcl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 bulls	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 bulls	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 bulls	det
20	bulls	bull	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 nostalgia	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ache	gerund							vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	bear	past · passive		he					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

A deep and steady yearning for the wild, cold beach where all his old friends still fight

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 beach	det
2	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 beach	amod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 steady	cc
4	steady	steady	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 deep	conj
5	yearning	yearn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 steady	advcl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 wild	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wild	det
8	wild	wild	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 yearning	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 deep	punct
10	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 beach	amod
11	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	18 fight	advmod
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 friends	det:predet
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 friends	nmod:poss
15	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 friends	amod
16	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 fight	nsubj
17	still	still	ADV	_	18 fight	advmod
18	fight	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 beach	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	yearn	gerund						for the wild	vn long-32.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for wild=Theme
2	fight	present	his old friends				still		vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

A bored longing for the fish and waves of the far southern sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 longing	det
2	bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 longing	amod
3	longing	longing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 fish	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fish	det
6	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 longing	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 waves	cc
8	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 fish	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 sea	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sea	det
11	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 sea	amod
12	southern	southern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 sea	amod
13	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 waves	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave			the far southern sea					nom wave «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A languid restlessness recalling the firm beaches of Novastoshnah

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 restlessness	det
2	languid	languid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 restlessness	amod
3	restlessness	restlessness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	recalling	recall	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 restlessness	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 beaches	det
6	firm	firm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 beaches	amod
7	beaches	beach	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 recalling	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Novastoshnah	case
9	Novastoshnah	Novastoshnah	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 beaches	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recall	gerund	a languid restlessness not said here	the firm beaches of Novastoshnah					vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beach=Theme

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