Exam question 2 · Jungle Book, The White Seal, part 18: Kotick sees men club…

With reference to the text, what reason does Kerick Booterin give for allowing the drove to rest before the clubbing commences?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: reason, Kerick, clubbing · What happens: do, give, allow, drive, rest, commence

This is exam question 2 of lesson 617 «Jungle Book, The White Seal, part 18: Kotick sees men club a herd of young seals and asks where seals can go to be safe» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 does	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 text	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 text	det
5	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 does	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 does	obj
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 does	nsubj
9	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	Kerick	Kerick	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 give	nsubj
11	Booterin	Booterin	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Kerick	flat
12	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 does	parataxis
13	for	for	SCONJ	_	14 allowing	mark
14	allowing	allow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 give	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 drove	det
16	drove	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 allowing	ccomp
17	to	to	PART	_	18 rest	mark
18	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 drove	xcomp
19	before	before	SCONJ	_	22 commences	mark
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 clubbing	det
21	clubbing	clubbing	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 commences	nsubj
22	commences	commence	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 rest	advcl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	do	present	reason	with reference to the text	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	give	present	Kerick		vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	allow	gerund	Kerick not said here		vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer clause=Eventuality
4	drive	past	Kerick not said here		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Result
5	rest	to-infinitive	Kerick not said here		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	commence	present	the clubbing		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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

The skins of hot seals would tear when the men tried to strip them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 skins	det
2	skins	skin	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 tear	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 seals	case
4	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 seals	amod
5	seals	seal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 skins	nmod
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 tear	aux
7	tear	tear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 tried	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 men	det
10	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 tried	nsubj
11	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 tear	advcl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 strip	mark
13	strip	strip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 tried	xcomp
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 strip	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	tear	would	the skins of hot seals		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	try	past	the men		vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	strip not said to happen	to-infinitive	the men not said here	men = man	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 2

Hot seals would bite the men and then fight back at the clubs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 seals	amod
2	seals	seal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bite	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 bite	aux
4	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 men	det
6	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bite	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 fight	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 fight	advmod
9	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 bite	conj
10	back	back	ADV	_	9 fight	advmod
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 clubs	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 clubs	det
13	clubs	club	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 fight	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	would	Hot seals	the men					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient
2	fight back	infinitive	Hot seals not said here			the clubs	then		vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The seals must cool so the hunters may count the herd properly before the clubbing begins at dusk each day

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 seals	det
2	seals	seal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cool	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 cool	aux
4	cool	cool	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	9 count	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hunters	det
7	hunters	hunter	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 count	nsubj
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 count	aux
9	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 cool	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 herd	det
11	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 count	obj
12	properly	properly	ADV	_	9 count	advmod
13	before	before	SCONJ	_	16 begins	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 clubbing	det
15	clubbing	clubbing	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 begins	nsubj
16	begins	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cool	advcl
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 dusk	case
18	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 begins	obl
19	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	20 day	det
20	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 begins	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	cool	must	the seals				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	count	may	the hunters	the herd		properly property	vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herd=Theme
3	begin	present	the clubbing		day; dusk		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The fur of overheated seals would detach in patches upon skinning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fur	det
2	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 detach	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 seals	case
4	overheated	overheat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 seals	amod
5	seals	seal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fur	nmod
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 detach	aux
7	detach	detach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 patches	case
9	patches	patch	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 detach	obl
10	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	11 skinning	mark
11	skinning	skin	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 detach	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	overheat	participle			vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	detach	would	the fur of overheated seals	patches	vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	skin	gerund	the fur of overheated seals not said here		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer

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