Exam question 2 · The Jungle Book, The White Seal, part 20: Kotick finds a s…

With what manner of argument does the young seal challenge Kotick in the course of the passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do · To what, where: young seal challenge, course

This is exam question 2 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	With	with	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 does	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 argument	case
5	argument	argument	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 manner	nmod
6	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 challenge	det
8	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 challenge	amod
9	seal	seal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 challenge	compound
10	challenge	challenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 does	obj
11	Kotick	Kotick	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 challenge	appos
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 course	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 course	det
14	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 does	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 passage	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 passage	det
17	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 course	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		the young seal challenge		the course of the passage		with what manner of argument	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent challenge=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 · ← Mova's choice

He insults Kotick's appearance and refuses any contest between them.

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 insults	nsubj
2	insults	insult	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Kotick	Kotick	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 appearance	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Kotick	case
5	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 insults	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 refuses	cc
7	refuses	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 insults	conj
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 contest	det
9	contest	contest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 refuses	obj
10	between	between	ADP	_	11 them	case
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 refuses	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 insults	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	insult	present	He	Kotick's appearance					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus appearance=Experiencer
2	refuse	present	He not said here	any contest				between them = they	vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contest=Theme

Option 2

He publicly ridicules Kotick's lack of fighting experience, then demands a formal duel and agrees to forfeit his mate if he loses.

The tree, 23 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	3 ridicules	nsubj
2	publicly	publicly	ADV	_	3 ridicules	advmod
3	ridicules	ridicule	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Kotick	Kotick	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 lack	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Kotick	case
6	lack	lack	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ridicules	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 experience	case
8	fighting	fighting	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 experience	compound
9	experience	experience	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lack	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 demands	punct
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 demands	advmod
12	demands	demand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 ridicules	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 duel	det
14	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 duel	amod
15	duel	duel	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 demands	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 agrees	cc
17	agrees	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 demands	conj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 forfeit	mark
19	forfeit	forfeit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 agrees	xcomp
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 mate	nmod:poss
21	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 forfeit	obj
22	if	if	SCONJ	_	24 loses	mark
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 loses	nsubj
24	loses	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 forfeit	advcl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ridicules	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	ridicule	present	He	Kotick's lack of fighting experience		publicly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lack=Theme
2	demand speech: request	present	He not said here	a formal duel	then		vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme duel=Precondition
3	agree speech: agree	present	He not said here				vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	forfeit not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	Kotick's mate			vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent mate=Theme
5	lose a condition, not said to happen	present	Kotick				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	lack		Kotick	fighting experience			nom lack «state transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 3

He laughs at Kotick's ignorance of the nurseries, dismisses his claims as foolish, and insists on settling the matter with a wager made before the whole herd.

The tree, 28 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 laughs	nsubj
2	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	6 ignorance	case
4	Kotick	Kotick	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 ignorance	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Kotick	case
6	ignorance	ignorance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 laughs	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 nurseries	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 nurseries	det
9	nurseries	nursery	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 ignorance	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 dismisses	punct
11	dismisses	dismiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 laughs	conj
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 claims	nmod:poss
13	claims	claim	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 dismisses	obj
14	as	as	ADP	_	15 foolish	case
15	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 dismisses	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 insists	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 insists	cc
18	insists	insist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 laughs	conj
19	on	on	SCONJ	_	20 settling	mark
20	settling	settle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 insists	advcl
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 matter	det
22	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 settling	obj
23	with	with	ADP	_	25 wager	case
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 wager	det
25	wager	wager	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 settling	obl
26	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 wager	acl
27	before	before	ADP	_	30 herd	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 herd	det
29	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 herd	amod
30	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 made	obl
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 laughs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	present	He		Kotick's ignorance of the nurseries			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	dismiss	present	He not said here	Kotick's claims			as foolish	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent claim=Theme as foolish=Attribute
3	insist speech: other	present	He not said here					vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
4	settle	gerund	He not said here	the matter			with a wager	vn odge-46-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent matter=Theme with wager=Location
5	make	participle		a wager not said here		before the whole herd		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
6	ignore		Kotick	the nurseries				nom ignorance «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient
7	claim		Kotick					nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He mocks Kotick's absence from the nurseries and accepts a wager on the outcome

The tree, 15 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 mocks	nsubj
2	mocks	mock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Kotick	Kotick	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 absence	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Kotick	case
5	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mocks	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 nurseries	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 nurseries	det
8	nurseries	nursery	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 mocks	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 accepts	cc
10	accepts	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 mocks	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 wager	det
12	wager	wager	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 accepts	obj
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 outcome	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 outcome	det
15	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 accepts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	mock	present	He	Kotick's absence	the nurseries	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent absence=Theme
2	accept	present	He not said here	a wager	the outcome	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wager=Theme
3	absent		Kotick			nom absence «state transitive»: poss=agent

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