Exam question 4 · The Jungle Book, The White Seal, part 20: Kotick finds a s…

What is the principal consequence of Kotick's discovery as it is presented in the passage?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: principal consequence, Kotick · What happens: be, present, discover · To what, where: principal consequence, discovery, passage

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 consequence	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 consequence	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequence	amod
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 discovery	case
7	Kotick	Kotick	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 discovery	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Kotick	case
9	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nmod
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 presented	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 presented	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 presented	aux:pass
13	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 consequence	acl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 passage	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 passage	det
16	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 presented	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the principal consequence		of Kotick's discovery	tree rules
2	present	present · passive	the principal consequence not said here	discovery	the passage		vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	discover		Kotick				nom discovery «act transitive»: 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

The seals scatter across the coast in fear.

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	3 scatter	nsubj
3	scatter	scatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	across	across	ADP	_	6 coast	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 coast	det
6	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 scatter	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 fear	case
8	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 scatter	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 scatter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scatter	present	the seals			the coast		in fear	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme across coast=Destination

Option 2

The herd returns to the old nurseries.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 herd	det
2	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 returns	nsubj
3	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 nurseries	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 nurseries	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 nurseries	amod
7	nurseries	nursery	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 returns	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 returns	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	present	the herd					to the old nurseries result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to nursery=Result

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The seals are persuaded to follow him to an island that men cannot reach

The tree, 15 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 persuaded	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 persuaded	aux:pass
4	persuaded	persuade	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 follow	mark
6	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 persuaded	xcomp
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 follow	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 island	case
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 island	det
10	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 follow	obl
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 reach	obj
12	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 reach	nsubj
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 reach	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 reach	advmod
15	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 island	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	persuade	present · passive		the seals		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	follow	to-infinitive	the seals not said here	him = he	a island	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme to island=Trajectory
3	not reach	can	men	a island		vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent that=Theme

Option 4

The seals are forced to retreat from the beaches under heavy attack.

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 forced	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 forced	aux:pass
4	forced	force	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 retreat	mark
6	retreat	retreat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 forced	xcomp
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 beaches	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 beaches	det
9	beaches	beach	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 retreat	obl
10	under	under	ADP	_	12 attack	case
11	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 attack	amod
12	attack	attack	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 beaches	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 forced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	force	present · passive		the seals					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	retreat	to-infinitive	the seals not said here			the beaches under heavy attack			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from beach=Initial_Location

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