Exam question 2 · The Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 31: the army…

Explain the meaning of the expression "bridle-wise" as employed by the troop-horse in relation to his rider Dick Cunliffe.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: explain, employ, mean · To what, where: meaning, expression

This is exam question 2 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	Explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 meaning	det
3	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 expression	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 expression	det
6	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 meaning	nmod
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 wise	punct
8	bridle	bridle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wise	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 bridle	punct
10	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 expression	acl:relcl
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 wise	punct
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 employed	mark
13	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Explain	advcl
14	by	by	ADP	_	18 horse	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 horse	det
16	troop	troop	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 horse	compound
17	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 troop	punct
18	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 employed	obl
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 relation	case
20	relation	relation	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 horse	nmod
21	to	to	ADP	_	23 rider	case
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 rider	nmod:poss
23	rider	rider	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 relation	nmod
24	Dick	Dick	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 rider	appos
25	Cunliffe	Cunliffe	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 Dick	flat
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the meaning of the expression		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic
2	employ	participle	you not said here		by the troop horse in relation to horse's rider	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	mean			the expression		nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice

a quick turn of the head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 turn	det
2	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 turn	amod
3	turn	turn	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 head	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 head	det
6	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turn	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

the readiness to wheel about upon the rein's pressure on the neck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 readiness	det
2	readiness	readiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pressure	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 wheel	mark
4	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 readiness	acl
5	about	about	ADV	_	10 pressure	advmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 pressure	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rein	det
8	rein	rein	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pressure	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 rein	case
10	pressure	pressure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 neck	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 neck	det
13	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pressure	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	press		the rein			the neck			nom pressure «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent on=place

Option 3

being wicked at tricks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 wicked	cop
2	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 tricks	case
4	tricks	trick	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wicked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund				tricks		wicked property	tree rules

Option 4

the habit of shying away from a loud gun on the plain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 habit	det
2	habit	habit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	4 shying	mark
4	shying	shy	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 habit	acl
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 shying	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 gun	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 gun	det
8	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 gun	amod
9	gun	gun	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shying	obl
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 plain	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 plain	det
12	plain	plain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shy away	gerund	the habit not said here			a loud gun		on the plain; away property	tree rules

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