Exam question 4 · Jungle Book, The White Seal, part 18: Kotick sees men club…

Explain the meaning of the term "holluschickie" as employed in the passage, and identify the group of seals to which it refers.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, group · What happens: explain, employ, identify, refer, mean · To what, where: meaning, passage, group, term

This is exam question 4 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	Explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 meaning	det
3	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 term	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 term	det
6	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 meaning	nmod
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 holluschickie	punct
8	holluschickie	holluschickie	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 term	appos
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 holluschickie	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 employed	mark
11	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Explain	advcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 passage	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 passage	det
14	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 employed	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 identify	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 identify	cc
17	identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Explain	conj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 group	det
19	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 identify	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 seals	case
21	seals	seal	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 group	nmod
22	to	to	ADP	_	23 which	case
23	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 refers	obl
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 refers	nsubj
25	refers	refer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 seals	acl:relcl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the meaning of the term			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic
2	employ	participle	you not said here		the passage		vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	identify	infinitive	you not said here	the group of seals			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent group=Theme
4	refer	present	group			to seals	vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to which=Co-Theme
5	mean			the term			nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=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 · ✓ the right answer

Young male seals not yet mated, referred to as bachelors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 seals	amod
2	male	male	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 seals	amod
3	seals	seal	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 mated	advmod
5	yet	yet	ADV	_	6 mated	advmod
6	mated	mate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 seals	acl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 referred	punct
8	referred	refer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 seals	acl
9	to	to	ADP	_	8 referred	obl
10	as	as	ADP	_	11 bachelors	case
11	bachelors	bachelor	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 referred	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not mate	participle		Young male seals not said here			yet		vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	refer	participle		Young male seals not said here				as bachelors	vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Young female seals waiting for their first mate to come

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 seals	amod
2	female	female	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 seals	amod
3	seals	seal	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	waiting	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 seals	acl
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 mate	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 mate	nmod:poss
7	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 mate	amod
8	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 waiting	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 come	mark
10	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 waiting	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	gerund	Young female seals not said here					for seals's first mate	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come	to-infinitive	Young female seals not said here						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Pups of any sex who were born in the spring and are being driven to the killing-pens by the men of the islands

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pups	pup	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 driven	nsubj:pass
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 sex	case
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 sex	det
4	sex	sex	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pups	nmod
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 born	nsubj:pass
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 born	aux:pass
7	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 sex	acl:relcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 spring	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 spring	det
10	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 born	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 born	cc
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 driven	aux:pass
13	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 driven	aux:pass
14	driven	drive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
15	to	to	ADP	_	19 pens	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 pens	det
17	killing	killing	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 pens	compound
18	-	-	PUNCT	_	17 killing	punct
19	pens	pen	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 driven	obl
20	by	by	ADP	_	22 men	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 men	det
22	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 driven	obl
23	of	of	ADP	_	25 islands	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 islands	det
25	islands	island	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 men	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	past · passive		any sex			spring		vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	drive	present · passive	the men of the islands	Pups of any sex		the killing pens			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to pen=Trajectory

Option 4

Young male seals who have never swum far from the rookery and are still too weak to fight the older bulls for mates

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 seals	amod
2	male	male	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 seals	amod
3	seals	seal	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 swum	nsubj:pass
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 swum	nsubj:pass
5	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 swum	aux
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 swum	advmod
7	swum	swim	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 swum	advmod
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 rookery	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 rookery	det
11	rookery	rookery	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 swum	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 weak	cc
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 weak	cop
14	still	still	ADV	_	16 weak	advmod
15	too	too	ADV	_	16 weak	advmod
16	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 swum	conj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 fight	mark
18	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 weak	advcl
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 bulls	det
20	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	21 bulls	amod
21	bulls	bull	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 fight	obj
22	for	for	ADP	_	23 mates	case
23	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 fight	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not swim	present · perfect · passive	Young male seals	the rookery		far property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory
2	is	present			still	weak property	tree rules
3	fight	to-infinitive	the older bulls			for mates	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bull=Co-Agent

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