Test 11 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 27: Peterse…

why did the elephants all stand up and rumble?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: do, stand up, rumble · To what, where: elephants

This is test 11 · ★ 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. 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 did	advmod
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 elephants	det
4	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 did	obj
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 stand	advmod
6	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	advcl
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 stand	compound:prt
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 rumble	cc
9	rumble	rumble	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 stand	conj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	the elephants	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent elephant=Eventuality
2	stand up	present		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	rumble	infinitive		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

because of the wild elephant call they heard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	6 call	case
2	of	of	ADP	_	1 because	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 call	det
4	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 call	amod
5	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 call	compound
6	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 heard	nsubj
8	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 call	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	they	the wild elephant call not said here					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer call=Stimulus

Option 2

because they heard the wild elephant call far away and answered it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	because	because	SCONJ	_	3 heard	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 heard	nsubj
3	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 call	det
5	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 call	amod
6	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 call	compound
7	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 heard	obj
8	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 away	advmod
9	away	away	ADV	_	3 heard	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 answered	cc
11	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 heard	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 answered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	they	the wild elephant call				away property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer call=Stimulus
2	answer speech: assert	past	they not said here	call					vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 3

because the tame herd was scared of the moon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 scared	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 herd	det
3	tame	tame	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 herd	amod
4	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scared	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 scared	cop
6	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 moon	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 moon	det
9	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the tame herd					of the moon; scared property	tree rules

Option 4

because the drivers had tied their chains too tight during the night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	because	because	SCONJ	_	5 tied	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 drivers	det
3	drivers	driver	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 tied	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 tied	aux
5	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 chains	nmod:poss
7	chains	chain	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 tied	obj
8	too	too	ADV	_	9 tight	advmod
9	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tied	xcomp
10	during	during	ADP	_	12 night	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 night	det
12	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	past · perfect · passive		the drivers			night	tight property	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient chain=Result

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