Exam question 1 · The Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 31: the army…

Which animal does the text describe as the elephant known in camp slang as "Two Tails"?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: animal · What happens: do, describe, know · To what, where: text, elephant, camp slang

This is exam question 1 of lesson 630 «The Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 31: the army animals talk about being scared and about fighting» 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 animal	det
2	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	nsubj
3	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 text	det
5	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	obj
6	describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 does	xcomp
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 elephant	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 elephant	det
9	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describe	obl
10	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 elephant	acl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 slang	case
12	camp	camp	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 slang	compound
13	slang	slang	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 known	obl
14	as	as	ADP	_	17 Tails	case
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 Tails	punct
16	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 Tails	nummod
17	Tails	tail	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 slang	nmod
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 Tails	punct
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	present	which animal	the text			tree rules
2	describe	present	which animal not said here			as the elephant	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent as elephant=Attribute
3	know	participle		the elephant not said here	camp slang as Two Tails		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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

Two Tails, a mule that kicks at the guns

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 Tails	nummod
2	Tails	tail	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 mule	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 mule	det
5	mule	mule	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Tails	appos
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 kicks	nsubj
7	kicks	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 mule	acl:relcl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 guns	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 guns	det
10	guns	gun	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 kicks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick	present	a mule					at the guns	vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at gun=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Two Tails, the elephant, who trumpets to signal his refusal to advance toward the smoke

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 Tails	nummod
2	Tails	tail	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 elephant	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 elephant	det
5	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Tails	appos
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 trumpets	punct
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 trumpets	nsubj
8	trumpets	trumpet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 Tails	acl:relcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 signal	mark
10	signal	signal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 trumpets	xcomp
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 refusal	nmod:poss
12	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 signal	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 advance	mark
14	advance	advance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 signal	advcl
15	toward	toward	ADP	_	17 smoke	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 smoke	det
17	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 advance	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	trumpet	present	Two Tails			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	signal speech: other	to-infinitive	Two Tails not said here	elephant's refusal		vn instr_communication-37.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent refusal=Topic
3	advance	to-infinitive	Two Tails not said here		the smoke	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme toward smoke=Initial_Location
4	refuse		elephant			nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

the troop-horse, who whinnies to signal his refusal to ride toward the sound of the big guns

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 horse	det
2	troop	troop	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 horse	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 troop	punct
4	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 whinnies	punct
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 whinnies	nsubj
7	whinnies	whinny	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 horse	acl:relcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 signal	mark
9	signal	signal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 whinnies	xcomp
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 refusal	nmod:poss
11	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 signal	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 ride	mark
13	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 signal	advcl
14	toward	toward	ADP	_	16 sound	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 sound	det
16	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ride	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	20 guns	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 guns	det
19	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 guns	amod
20	guns	gun	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 sound	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	whinny	present	the troop horse			tree rules
2	signal speech: other	to-infinitive	the troop horse not said here	horse's refusal		vn instr_communication-37.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent refusal=Topic
3	ride	to-infinitive	the troop horse not said here		the sound of the big guns	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent toward sound=Trajectory
4	refuse		horse			nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

a bullock with a long tail who refuses to walk into the gunfire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bullock	det
2	bullock	bullock	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	6 tail	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tail	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tail	amod
6	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bullock	nmod
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 refuses	nsubj
8	refuses	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 bullock	acl:relcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 walk	mark
10	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 refuses	xcomp
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 gunfire	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 gunfire	det
13	gunfire	gunfire	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	present	a bullock with a long tail						vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not walk	to-infinitive	a bullock with a long tail not said here					into the gunfire result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into gunfire=Result

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