Exam question 1 · The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 26: Toomai…

What was the principal cause of Big Toomai's displeasure with his son on the morning following the drive?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: principal cause, Big Toomai · What happens: be, follow, displease · To what, where: principal cause, drive

This is exam question 1 of lesson 625 «The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 26: Toomai is scolded, then brought before Petersen Sahib» 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 cause	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 cause	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cause	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cause	amod
5	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 displeasure	case
7	Big	Big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Toomai	amod
8	Toomai	Toomai	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 displeasure	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Toomai	case
10	displeasure	displeasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cause	nmod
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 son	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 son	nmod:poss
13	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 displeasure	nmod
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 morning	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 morning	det
16	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 displeasure	nmod
17	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 cause	acl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 drive	det
19	drive	drive	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 following	obj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 cause	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the principal cause		of Big Toomai's displeasure with Toomai's son on the morning	tree rules
2	follow	gerund	the principal cause not said here	the drive			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drive=Theme
3	displease		Big Toomai		on the morning	with Toomai's son	nom displeasure «feeling transitive»: poss=agent with=obl on=obl

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 boy had meddled in the work of the drivers and the sahib's keddah men all night long

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 meddled	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 meddled	aux
4	meddled	meddle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 work	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 work	det
7	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 meddled	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 drivers	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 drivers	det
10	drivers	driver	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 work	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 men	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sahib	det
13	sahib	sahib	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 men	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 sahib	case
15	keddah	keddah	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 men	compound
16	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 drivers	conj
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	18 night	det
18	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 meddled	obl:unmarked
19	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	18 night	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	meddle	past · perfect · passive		the boy		the work of the drivers and the sahib's keddah men	night		tree rules
2	work		the drivers and the sahib's keddah men						nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

the boy had stolen the elephants' food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stolen	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stolen	aux
4	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 elephants	det
6	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 food	nmod:poss
7	'	's	PART	_	6 elephants	case
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stolen	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past · perfect · passive		the boy					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary food=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

the boy had broken a rope in the pen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 broken	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 broken	aux
4	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 rope	det
6	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 broken	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 pen	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pen	det
9	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 broken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past · perfect · passive		the boy		the pen			vn break-45.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient rope=Result

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

the boy had meddled in the work of the jungle folk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 meddled	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 meddled	aux
4	meddled	meddle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 work	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 work	det
7	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 meddled	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 folk	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 folk	det
10	jungle	jungle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 folk	compound
11	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 work	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	meddle	past · perfect · passive		the boy		the work of the jungle folk			tree rules
2	work		the jungle folk						nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent

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