Test 3 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 31: the army…

dude, why did the troop-horse say the camels in camp were scary?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dude, camels · What happens: do, say, be · To what, where: troop horse · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ 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	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 say	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 did	advmod
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 dude	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 horse	det
6	troop	troop	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 horse	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 troop	punct
8	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
9	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 camels	det
11	camels	camel	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 scary	nsubj
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 camp	case
13	camp	camp	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 camels	nmod
14	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 scary	cop
15	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 say	ccomp
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past		the troop horse		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Eventuality
2	say speech: assert	present	dude			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	the camels in camp		scary 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 · ← Mova's choice

the camels kept sitting down and blocking the whole picket line

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 camels	det
2	camels	camel	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 kept	nsubj
3	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	sitting	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 kept	xcomp
5	down	down	ADV	_	4 sitting	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 blocking	cc
7	blocking	block	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 sitting	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 line	det
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 line	amod
10	picket	picket	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 line	compound
11	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 blocking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep	past	the camels			tree rules
2	sit down	gerund	the camels not said here		down property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	block	gerund	the camels not said here	the whole picket line		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer line=Theme

Option 2

a new recruit told whip snake tales in camp and we all got spooked, though the camels were fine

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 recruit	det
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 recruit	amod
3	recruit	recruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 spooked	nsubj:pass
4	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 tales	amod
5	whip	whip	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tales	compound
6	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tales	compound
7	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 recruit	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 camp	case
9	camp	camp	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tales	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 spooked	cc
11	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 spooked	nsubj:pass
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 spooked	nsubj:pass
13	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 spooked	aux:pass
14	spooked	spook	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 fine	punct
16	though	though	SCONJ	_	20 fine	mark
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 camels	det
18	camels	camel	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 fine	nsubj
19	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 fine	cop
20	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 spooked	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	participle				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	spook	past · passive		a new recruit told whip snake tales in camp		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
3	is	past	the camels		fine property	tree rules

Option 3

the camels had been firing guns over our backs all night long

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 camels	det
2	camels	camel	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 firing	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 firing	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 firing	aux
5	firing	fire	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	guns	gun	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 firing	obj
7	over	over	ADP	_	9 backs	case
8	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 backs	nmod:poss
9	backs	back	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 firing	obl
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 night	det
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 firing	obl:unmarked
12	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 night	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fire	past · perfect · progressive	the camels	guns		our backs	night		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent gun=Theme over back=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

a new recruit told whip snake tales and we all got spooked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 recruit	det
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 recruit	amod
3	recruit	recruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 tales	amod
5	whip	whip	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tales	compound
6	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tales	compound
7	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 recruit	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 spooked	cc
9	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 spooked	nsubj:pass
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 spooked	nsubj:pass
11	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 spooked	aux:pass
12	spooked	spook	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 recruit	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	participle							vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	spook	past · passive		we					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

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