Exam question 4 · The Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 31: the army…

Identify the reason the young mule gives for his unplanned departure from the battery during the night.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, young mule, mule · What happens: identify, give, depart · To what, where: reason, battery

This is exam question 4 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mule	det
5	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 mule	amod
6	mule	mule	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gives	nsubj
7	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl:relcl
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 departure	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 departure	nmod:poss
10	unplanned	unplanned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 departure	amod
11	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gives	obl
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 battery	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 battery	det
14	battery	battery	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 departure	nmod
15	during	during	ADP	_	17 night	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 night	det
17	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gives	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the reason				vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	give	present	the young mule	the reason not said here		night	for mule's unplanned departure from the battery	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent reason=Theme for departure=Asset
3	depart		mule		the battery			nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent from=place

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 heard the drums and galloped off to find the troop-horses and his old head-rope

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 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 drums	det
4	drums	drum	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 heard	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 galloped	cc
6	galloped	gallop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 heard	conj
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 galloped	compound:prt
8	to	to	PART	_	9 find	mark
9	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 galloped	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 horses	det
11	troop	troop	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 horses	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 troop	punct
13	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 find	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	2 heard	cc
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 rope	nmod:poss
16	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 rope	amod
17	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 rope	compound
18	-	-	PUNCT	_	17 head	punct
19	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	hear	past	he	the drums	tree rules
2	gallop off	past	he not said here		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	find	to-infinitive	he not said here	the troop horses	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Topic

Option 2

he was frightened by the snakes, so he bolted and joined the camels in the square

The tree, 16 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	3 frightened	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 frightened	aux:pass
3	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 snakes	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 snakes	det
6	snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 frightened	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bolted	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 bolted	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 bolted	nsubj
10	bolted	bolt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 frightened	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 joined	cc
12	joined	join	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 frightened	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 camels	det
14	camels	camel	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 joined	obj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 square	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 square	det
17	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 joined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	frighten	past · passive	the snakes	he		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
2	bolt	past	he			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	join	past	the snakes not said here	the camels	the square	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent camel=Patient

Option 3

he could not locate his driver or Billy in the dark and the noise of the guns, so he ran off with the gentlemen and never came back to the battery

The tree, 31 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	4 locate	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 locate	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 locate	advmod
4	locate	locate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 driver	nmod:poss
6	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 locate	obj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 Billy	cc
8	Billy	Billy	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 driver	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 dark	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dark	det
11	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 locate	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 noise	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 noise	det
14	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dark	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 guns	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 guns	det
17	guns	gun	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 noise	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 ran	punct
19	so	so	ADV	_	21 ran	advmod
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 ran	nsubj
21	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 locate	parataxis
22	off	off	ADP	_	21 ran	compound:prt
23	with	with	ADP	_	25 gentlemen	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 gentlemen	det
25	gentlemen	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 ran	obl
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 came	cc
27	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	28 came	advmod
28	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 locate	conj
29	back	back	ADV	_	28 came	advmod
30	to	to	ADP	_	32 battery	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 battery	det
32	battery	battery	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 came	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not locate	could	he	his driver or Billy	the dark and the noise of the guns		tree rules
2	run off	past	Billy			with the gentlemen	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with gentleman=Material
3	not come back	past	he not said here		the battery		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to battery=Initial_Location
4	noise		the guns				nom noise «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

he could not locate his driver or Billy, and so ran off with the gentlemen

The tree, 15 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	4 locate	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 locate	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 locate	advmod
4	locate	locate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 driver	nmod:poss
6	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 locate	obj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 Billy	cc
8	Billy	Billy	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 driver	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 ran	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 ran	cc
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 ran	advmod
12	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 locate	parataxis
13	off	off	ADP	_	12 ran	compound:prt
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 gentlemen	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 gentlemen	det
16	gentlemen	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not locate	could	he	his driver or Billy					tree rules
2	run off	past						with the gentlemen	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with gentleman=Material

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