Test 8 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi, part 23: Rikki overhear…

where did Nag chill before the fight?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Nag · What happens: chill

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 622 «The Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi, part 23: Rikki overhears the cobras' plot and waits to strike» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	4 chill	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 chill	aux
3	Nag	Nag	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 chill	nsubj
4	chill	chill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	before	before	ADP	_	7 fight	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fight	det
7	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chill	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 chill	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chill	past · do-support	Nag				before the fight		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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

Hiding by the wall, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	by	by	ADP	_	4 wall	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wall	det
4	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hiding	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 innit	punct
6	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wall	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	gerund						by the wall and innit	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by wall=Location

Option 2

Coiled up by the tap, bruv

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Coiled	coil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Coiled	compound:prt
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 tap	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tap	det
5	tap	tap	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Coiled	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 bruv	punct
7	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tap	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	coil up	participle						by the tap and bruv	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme by tap=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Coiled round the big jar, bruv

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Coiled	coil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	round	round	ADP	_	5 jar	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 jar	det
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 jar	amod
5	jar	jar	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Coiled	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 bruv	punct
7	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 jar	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	coil	participle				the big jar and bruv			vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round jar=Destination

Option 4

Coiled round the big jar in the bathroom, bruv

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Coiled	coil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	round	round	ADP	_	5 jar	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 jar	det
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 jar	amod
5	jar	jar	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Coiled	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 bathroom	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bathroom	det
8	bathroom	bathroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 jar	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bruv	punct
10	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 jar	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	coil	participle				the big jar in the bathroom and bruv			vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round jar=Destination

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