Exam question 1 · The Jungle Book, The White Seal, part 20: Kotick finds a s…

Which of the following best describes Kotick's conduct towards the seals at the conclusion of the passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, be, conclude · To what, where: passage

This is exam question 1 of lesson 619 «The Jungle Book, The White Seal, part 20: Kotick finds a safe island and wins a fight for the seals» 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 conduct	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	9 conduct	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 conduct	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 conduct	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	amod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 conduct	cop
7	Kotick	Kotick	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 conduct	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Kotick	case
9	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	towards	towards	ADP	_	12 seals	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 seals	det
12	seals	seal	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 conduct	nmod
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 conclusion	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 conclusion	det
15	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 seals	nmod
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 passage	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 passage	det
18	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 conclusion	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 conduct	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present		of Kotick's conduct; towards the seals at the conclusion of the passage	tree rules
3	conclude		the passage		nom conclusion «cognition 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He defeated the older seals in combat and then addressed them with pride

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 defeated	nsubj
2	defeated	defeat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 seals	det
4	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 seals	amod
5	seals	seal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 defeated	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 combat	case
7	combat	combat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 defeated	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 addressed	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 addressed	advmod
10	addressed	address	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 defeated	conj
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 addressed	obj
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 pride	case
13	pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 addressed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	defeat	past	He	the older seals		combat			tree rules
2	address	past	He not said here	seals = seal			then	with pride	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Destination with pride=Theme

Option 2

He fled from the older seals and wept.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fled	nsubj
2	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	6 seals	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 seals	det
5	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 seals	amod
6	seals	seal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fled	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 wept	cc
8	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 fled	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 fled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flee	past	He			the older seals			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from seal=Initial_Location
2	weep	past	He not said here						vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He avoided combat with the older seals and then quietly accepted their authority.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 avoided	nsubj
2	avoided	avoid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	combat	combat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 avoided	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 seals	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 seals	det
6	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 seals	amod
7	seals	seal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 avoided	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 accepted	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 accepted	advmod
10	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	11 accepted	advmod
11	accepted	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 avoided	conj
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 authority	nmod:poss
13	authority	authority	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 accepted	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 avoided	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid	past	He	combat				with the older seals	vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent combat=Location
2	accept	past	He not said here	seals's authority			then	quietly property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent authority=Theme

Option 4

He fought the older seals and was defeated, then calmly accepted their apology.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fought	nsubj
2	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 seals	det
4	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 seals	amod
5	seals	seal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fought	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 defeated	cc
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 defeated	aux:pass
8	defeated	defeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 fought	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 accepted	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 accepted	advmod
11	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	12 accepted	advmod
12	accepted	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 fought	conj
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 apology	nmod:poss
14	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 accepted	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 fought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	fight	past	He	the older seals			vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seal=Co-Agent
2	defeat	past · passive	He not said here				tree rules
3	accept	past	He not said here	seals's apology	then	calmly property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apology=Theme

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