Exam question 4 · The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 27: Peterse…

Indicate the reason for which the plains drivers were advised to exercise particular caution during the night.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, plains drivers · What happens: indicate, advise, exercise · To what, where: reason, plains drivers, particular caution

This is exam question 4 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	Indicate	indicate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Indicate	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 advised	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 plains	det
7	plains	plain	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 drivers	compound
8	drivers	driver	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 advised	nsubj:pass
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 advised	aux:pass
10	advised	advise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reason	parataxis
11	to	to	PART	_	12 exercise	mark
12	exercise	exercise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 advised	xcomp
13	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 caution	amod
14	caution	caution	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 exercise	obj
15	during	during	ADP	_	17 night	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 night	det
17	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 exercise	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Indicate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	imperative	you not said here	the reason			vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot reason=Topic
2	advise speech: other	past · passive		plains drivers		for the reason	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
3	exercise not said to happen	to-infinitive	plains drivers not said here	particular caution	night		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent caution=Patient

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

Because the wild herd had been heard hooting far away and might come right up to the tents at dawn

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	7 heard	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 herd	det
3	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 herd	amod
4	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 heard	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 heard	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 heard	aux:pass
7	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	hooting	hoot	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 heard	xcomp
9	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 away	advmod
10	away	away	ADV	_	8 hooting	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 come	cc
12	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 come	aux
13	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 heard	conj
14	right	right	ADV	_	13 come	advmod
15	up	up	ADP	_	18 tents	case
16	to	to	ADP	_	15 up	fixed
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 tents	det
18	tents	tent	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 come	obl
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 dawn	case
20	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past · perfect · passive		the wild herd				tree rules
2	hoot	gerund	the wild herd not said here				away property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	come	might			the tents	dawn	right property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme up tent=Initial_Location

Option 2

Because wild elephants were said to be near the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 said	mark
2	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 elephants	amod
3	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 said	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	aux:pass
5	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	10 river	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 river	cop
8	near	near	ADP	_	10 river	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 river	det
10	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · passive		wild elephants					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
2	is	to-infinitive				the river			tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Because wild elephants were expected to approach the camp

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 expected	mark
2	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 elephants	amod
3	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 expected	nsubj:pass
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 expected	aux:pass
5	expected	expect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 approach	mark
7	approach	approach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 expected	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 camp	det
9	camp	camp	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 approach	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expect	past · passive		wild elephants					tree rules
2	approach not said to happen	to-infinitive	wild elephants not said here	the camp					vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent camp=Theme

Option 4

Because wild elephants were expected to approach the camp and break the picket lines

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 expected	mark
2	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 elephants	amod
3	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 expected	nsubj:pass
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 expected	aux:pass
5	expected	expect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 approach	mark
7	approach	approach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 expected	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 camp	det
9	camp	camp	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 approach	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 break	cc
11	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 approach	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 lines	det
13	picket	picket	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lines	compound
14	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 break	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	expect	past · passive		wild elephants	tree rules
2	approach not said to happen	to-infinitive	wild elephants not said here	the camp	vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent camp=Theme
3	break	infinitive	wild elephants not said here	the picket lines	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer line=Patient

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