Test 11 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 28: Toomai…

Salty, did Kala Nag ever get annoyed or fight?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kala · What happens: get, fight

This is test 11 · ★ 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. 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	Salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 get	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Salty	punct
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 get	aux
4	Kala	Kala	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 get	nsubj
5	Nag	Nag	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Kala	flat
6	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	7 get	advmod
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 get	xcomp
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 fight	cc
10	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 get	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past · do-support	Kala				ever	annoyed property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	fight	infinitive	Kala not said here						vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

He stamped and shook his head and charged straight at the other elephants before finally calming down

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stamped	nsubj
2	stamped	stamp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 shook	cc
4	shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stamped	conj
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 head	nmod:poss
6	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shook	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 charged	cc
8	charged	charge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stamped	conj
9	straight	straight	ADV	_	8 charged	advmod
10	at	at	ADP	_	13 elephants	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 elephants	det
12	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 elephants	amod
13	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 charged	obl
14	before	before	SCONJ	_	16 calming	mark
15	finally	finally	ADV	_	16 calming	advmod
16	calming	calm	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 charged	advcl
17	down	down	ADP	_	16 calming	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stamp	past	He			vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	shake	past	He not said here	his head		vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=Patient
3	charge	past	He not said here		at the other elephants; straight property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at elephant=Trajectory
4	calm down	gerund	He not said here		finally property	vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He roared and crashed through the forest, pushing aside every tree and branch in his path until the boy was safe

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 roared	nsubj
2	roared	roar	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 crashed	cc
4	crashed	crash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 roared	conj
5	through	through	ADP	_	7 forest	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 forest	det
7	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crashed	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 pushing	punct
9	pushing	push	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 roared	advcl
10	aside	aside	ADV	_	9 pushing	advmod
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 tree	det
12	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pushing	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 branch	cc
14	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tree	conj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 path	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 path	nmod:poss
17	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tree	nmod
18	until	until	SCONJ	_	22 safe	mark
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 boy	det
20	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 safe	nsubj
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 safe	cop
22	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 roared	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	roar	past	He				vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
2	crash	past	He not said here		the forest		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through forest=Location
3	push	gerund	He not said here	every tree and branch	his path	aside property	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent tree=Theme in path=Trajectory
4	is	past	the boy			safe property	tree rules

Option 3

He snapped at the bushes and charged a few trees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 snapped	nsubj
2	snapped	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 bushes	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bushes	det
5	bushes	bush	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 snapped	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 charged	cc
7	charged	charge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 snapped	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 trees	det
9	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 trees	amod
10	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 charged	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snap	past	He			the bushes			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at bush=Location
2	charge	past	He not said here	a few trees					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He pushed through the bushes but stayed calm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pushed	nsubj
2	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 bushes	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bushes	det
5	bushes	bush	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pushed	obl
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 stayed	cc
7	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pushed	conj
8	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stayed	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	past	He			the bushes			vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent through bush=Trajectory
2	stay	past	He not said here					calm property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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