Exam question 4 · Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 30: a poem of Sh…

What is the principal grievance of the troop-horse regarding the camels?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: principal grievance, troop horse · What happens: be, regard · To what, where: camels

This is exam question 4 of lesson 629 «Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 30: a poem of Shiva, then a wrecked tent and a noisy night among the army animals» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 grievance	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 grievance	amod
5	grievance	grievance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 horse	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 horse	det
8	troop	troop	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 horse	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 troop	punct
10	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grievance	nmod
11	regarding	regard	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 horse	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 camels	det
13	camels	camel	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 regarding	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the principal grievance of the troop horse						tree rules
2	regard	gerund	the troop horse not said here	the camels					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent camel=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

that they keep racketing through the lines at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	3 keep	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 keep	nsubj
3	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	racketing	racket	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 keep	xcomp
5	through	through	ADP	_	7 lines	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lines	det
7	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 racketing	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 night	case
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 racketing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	they						tree rules
2	racket	gerund	they not said here			the lines	night		tree rules

Option 2

that they have racketed through the camp lines and disturbed every horse's rest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 racketed	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 racketed	nsubj
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 racketed	aux
4	racketed	racket	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 disturbed	advcl
5	through	through	ADP	_	8 lines	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lines	det
7	camp	camp	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lines	compound
8	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 racketed	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 disturbed	cc
10	disturbed	disturb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 horse	det
12	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rest	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 horse	case
14	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 disturbed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	racket	present · perfect	they			the camp lines			tree rules
2	disturb	past		every horse's rest					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus rest=Experiencer

Option 3

that they have ruined the camp's food supplies entirely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 ruined	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ruined	nsubj
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ruined	aux
4	ruined	ruin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 supplies	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 camp	det
6	camp	camp	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 food	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 camp	case
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ruined	obj
9	supplies	supply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	9 supplies	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ruin	present · perfect	they	the camp's food					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient
2	supply	present						entirely property	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

that they have disturbed the camp's sleep repeatedly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 disturbed	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 disturbed	nsubj:pass
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 disturbed	aux
4	disturbed	disturb	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 camp	det
6	camp	camp	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sleep	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 camp	case
8	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 disturbed	obj
9	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	4 disturbed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disturb	present · perfect · passive		they				repeatedly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer sleep=Result
2	sleep		the camp						nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent

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