Exam question 2 · The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 27: Peterse…

State the condition which Petersen Sahib set before the boy might enter the Keddahs.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, condition, boy · What happens: state, set, enter · To what, where: condition, Keddahs

This is exam question 2 of lesson 626 «The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 27: Petersen Sahib praises Little Toomai, and Kala Nag breaks loose at night» 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 condition	det
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 set	nsubj
5	Petersen	Petersen	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 set	compound
6	Sahib	Sahib	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Petersen	flat
7	set	set	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 condition	acl:relcl
8	before	before	SCONJ	_	12 enter	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 boy	det
10	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 enter	nsubj
11	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 enter	aux
12	enter	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 State	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Keddahs	det
14	Keddahs	keddah	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 enter	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the condition	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent condition=Topic
2	set		the condition		tree rules
3	enter	might	the boy	the Keddahs	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme keddah=Destination

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

That he must first hear the elephants roar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 hear	obj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hear	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 hear	aux
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 hear	advmod
5	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 elephants	det
7	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 roar	nsubj
8	roar	roar	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hear	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	must	he	That				first property	tree rules
2	roar	present	the elephants						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location

Option 2

That he should first sleep beside the tame elephant and then behold the elephants dance

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 sleep	nsubj:outer
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sleep	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 sleep	aux
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 sleep	advmod
5	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	beside	beside	ADP	_	9 elephant	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 elephant	det
8	tame	tame	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 elephant	amod
9	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sleep	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 behold	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 behold	advmod
12	behold	behold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 sleep	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 elephants	det
14	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 dance	nsubj
15	dance	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 behold	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	should	That		beside the tame elephant; first property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	behold	infinitive	That not said here	then		tree rules
3	dance	present	the elephants			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

That he should first behold the elephants dance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 behold	nsubj:outer
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 behold	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 behold	aux
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 behold	advmod
5	behold	behold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 elephants	det
7	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 dance	nsubj
8	dance	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 behold	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	behold	should	That					first property	tree rules
2	dance	present	the elephants						vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

That he must first lead the herd out of the jungle and then behold the elephants dance

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 lead	obl
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lead	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 lead	aux
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 lead	advmod
5	lead	lead	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 herd	det
7	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lead	obj
8	out	out	ADP	_	11 jungle	case
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 jungle	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 jungle	det
11	jungle	jungle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lead	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 behold	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 behold	advmod
14	behold	behold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 lead	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 elephants	det
16	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 dance	nsubj
17	dance	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 behold	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	must	he	That	the jungle		first property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent herd=Theme out jungle=Destination
2	behold	infinitive	he not said here			then		tree rules
3	dance	present	the elephants					vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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