Exam question 1 · The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 28: Toomai…

With reference to the passage, state by what means Kala Nag conveyed Little Toomai into the forest.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kala · What happens: mean, convey · To what, where: Little Toomai, forest · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 627 «The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 28: Toomai rides Kala Nag to the secret elephant gathering» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 means	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 state	punct
7	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 passage	conj
8	by	by	SCONJ	_	10 means	mark
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 means	nsubj
10	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	Kala	Kala	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 conveyed	nsubj
12	Nag	Nag	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Kala	flat
13	conveyed	convey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 means	ccomp
14	Little	Little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 Toomai	amod
15	Toomai	Toomai	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 conveyed	obj
16	into	into	ADP	_	18 forest	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 forest	det
18	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 conveyed	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present						with reference to the passage and state	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	convey	past	Kala	Little Toomai		the forest			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent toomai=Topic

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

By swinging him up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 swinging	mark
2	swinging	swing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 swinging	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 swinging	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swing up	gerund		him = he					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme he=Result

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

By lifting him up to his neck, whereupon the elephant moved off without making any noise at all

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 lifting	mark
2	lifting	lift	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 moved	advcl
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lifting	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 lifting	compound:prt
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 neck	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 neck	nmod:poss
7	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lifting	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 moved	punct
9	whereupon	whereupon	ADV	PronType=Int	12 moved	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 elephant	det
11	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 moved	nsubj
12	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	off	off	ADP	_	12 moved	compound:prt
14	without	without	SCONJ	_	15 making	mark
15	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 moved	advcl
16	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	17 noise	det
17	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 making	obj
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 all	case
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 making	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	lift up	gerund	the elephant not said here	him = he	his neck		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to neck=Destination
2	move off	past	the elephant			whereupon property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	make	gerund	the elephant not said here	any noise	all		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset noise=Product

Option 3

By lifting him slowly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 lifting	mark
2	lifting	lift	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lifting	obj
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	2 lifting	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	gerund		him = he				slowly property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

By swinging him up to his neck, whereupon the elephant slipped silently away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 swinging	mark
2	swinging	swing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 slipped	advcl
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 swinging	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 swinging	compound:prt
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 neck	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 neck	nmod:poss
7	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swinging	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 swinging	punct
9	whereupon	whereupon	ADV	PronType=Int	12 slipped	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 elephant	det
11	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 slipped	nsubj
12	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	silently	silently	ADV	_	12 slipped	advmod
14	away	away	ADV	_	12 slipped	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swing up	gerund	the elephant not said here	him = he		his neck			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme to neck=Trajectory
2	slip away	past	the elephant					away, silently, whereupon property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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