Test 13 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 31: the army…

sick, when the camel says he fought a little, was he being brave or nah?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: camel · What happens: say, fight, be · To what, where: little · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★ 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. 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	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 brave	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct
3	when	when	SCONJ	_	6 says	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 camel	det
5	camel	camel	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 sick	conj
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 fought	nsubj
8	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 says	ccomp
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 little	det
10	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fought	obl:unmarked
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 sick	punct
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 brave	cop
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 brave	nsubj
14	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 brave	cop
15	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 nah	cc
17	nah	nah	INTJ	_	15 brave	discourse
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 brave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the camel			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	fight	past	camel	a little		vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	camel		brave property	tree rules

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 was being shy and quiet

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 shy	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 shy	cop
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 shy	cop
4	shy	shy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 quiet	cc
6	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 shy	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					shy property	tree rules
2	be		he not said here						tree rules

Option 2

he was bragging about his battles

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 bragging	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bragging	aux
3	bragging	brag	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 battles	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 battles	nmod:poss
6	battles	battle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bragging	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	brag speech: other	past · progressive	he					about his battles	vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about battle=Topic
2	battle		his = he						nom battle «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

he was being brave, he fought hard in the smoke and battle

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 brave	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 brave	cop
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 brave	cop
4	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 fought	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 fought	nsubj
7	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 brave	conj
8	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 fought	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 smoke	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 smoke	det
11	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fought	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 battle	cc
13	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 smoke	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					brave property	tree rules
2	fight	past	he			the smoke and battle		hard property	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

he was being honest, he fought a little but not in climbing or running ways

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 honest	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 honest	cop
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 honest	cop
4	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 fought	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 fought	nsubj
7	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 honest	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 little	det
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fought	obl:unmarked
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 climbing	cc
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 climbing	advmod
12	in	in	SCONJ	_	13 climbing	mark
13	climbing	climb	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 honest	conj
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 running	cc
15	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 climbing	conj
16	ways	way	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 running	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	he		honest property	tree rules
2	fight	past	he	a little		vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not climb	gerund	he not said here			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	run	gerund	he not said here	ways		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme way=Trajectory

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