Test 5 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 27: Peterse…

wait, did Kala Nag actually bust out of the chains?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Kala · What happens: wait, do, bust out · To what, where: chains

This is test 5 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	advcl
4	Kala	Kala	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 bust	nsubj
5	Nag	Nag	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Kala	flat
6	actually	actually	ADV	_	7 bust	advmod
7	bust	bust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 did	parataxis
8	out	out	ADP	_	11 chains	case
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 chains	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 chains	det
11	chains	chain	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 bust	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	do	past	you not said here			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	bust out	past	Kala	the chains	actually property	vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chain=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

yeah, the coir string went tang and he rolled out of the pickets slowly like a cloud

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 went	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 went	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 string	det
4	coir	coir	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 string	compound
5	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	nsubj
6	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	tang	tang	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 rolled	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 rolled	nsubj
10	rolled	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 went	conj
11	out	out	ADP	_	14 pickets	case
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 pickets	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 pickets	det
14	pickets	picket	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 rolled	obl
15	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	10 rolled	advmod
16	like	like	ADP	_	18 cloud	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 cloud	det
18	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rolled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	the coir string	tang					vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tang=Theme
2	roll out	past	string	the pickets				like a cloud; slowly property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picket=Agent

Option 2

nah, he pulled the stake and the chain held, but he stamped the ground

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 pulled	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 pulled	nsubj
4	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stake	det
6	stake	stake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pulled	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 chain	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 chain	det
9	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stake	conj
10	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 chain	acl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 stamped	punct
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 stamped	cc
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 stamped	nsubj
14	stamped	stamp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 pulled	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 ground	det
16	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stamped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	pull	past	he	the stake and the chain	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stake=Theme
2	hold	participle		the chain not said here	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	stamp	past	he	the ground	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent ground=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, the grass loop snapped and he left

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 snapped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 snapped	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 loop	det
4	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 loop	compound
5	loop	loop	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 snapped	nsubj
6	snapped	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 left	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 left	nsubj
9	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 snapped	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snap	past	the grass loop						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	leave	past	loop						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, the coir string went tang and he rolled out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 went	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 went	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 string	det
4	coir	coir	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 string	compound
5	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	nsubj
6	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	tang	tang	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 rolled	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 rolled	nsubj
10	rolled	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 went	conj
11	out	out	ADP	_	10 rolled	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	the coir string	tang					vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tang=Theme
2	roll out	past	string						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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