Test 2 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 26: Toomai…

wait, why was Big Toomai so mad?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: Big

This is test 2 · ★ 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. 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Big	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 Big	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 Big	cop
5	Big	Big	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 wait	obl
6	Toomai	Toomai	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Big	flat
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 mad	advmod
8	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 wait	advcl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	past		Big					tree rules

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

cause Toomai went catching wild elephants on his own

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Toomai	Toomai	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 cause	ccomp
4	catching	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 went	xcomp
5	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 elephants	amod
6	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 catching	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 own	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 own	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 catching	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here			tree rules
2	go	past	Toomai			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	catch	gerund	Toomai not said here	wild elephants	Toomai's own	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent elephant=Theme

Option 2

cause Toomai ran off to the jungle lines

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 ran	reparandum
2	Toomai	Toomai	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ran	nsubj
3	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 ran	compound:prt
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 lines	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lines	det
7	jungle	jungle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lines	compound
8	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	infinitive							vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	run off	past	Toomai					to the jungle lines result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to line=Result

Option 3

cause Toomai went out alone at night and joined the drive without asking anyone's permission

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Toomai	Toomai	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 cause	ccomp
4	out	out	ADV	_	3 went	advmod
5	alone	alone	ADV	_	3 went	advmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 night	case
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 joined	cc
9	joined	join	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 drive	det
11	drive	drive	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 joined	obj
12	without	without	SCONJ	_	13 asking	mark
13	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 joined	advcl
14	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	16 permission	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 anyone	case
16	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 asking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here				tree rules
2	go out	past	Toomai		night	alone, out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	join	past	Toomai not said here	the drive			vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drive=Patient
4	ask speech: ask	gerund	Toomai not said here	anyone's permission			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent permission=Recipient
5	permit		anyone				nom permission «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

cause he stayed out at the river all night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stayed	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stayed	nsubj
3	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 stayed	compound:prt
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 river	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 river	det
7	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stayed	obl
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 night	det
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stayed	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay out	past	cause			the river	night		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at river=Location

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