Test 8 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 31: the army…

wait, why do the camels sit down in a square, is that wicked?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, camels, that · What happens: wait, sit down, be · To what, where: square

This is test 8 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sit	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 sit	advmod
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 sit	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 camels	det
6	camels	camel	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sit	nsubj
7	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	parataxis
8	down	down	ADP	_	7 sit	compound:prt
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 square	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 square	det
11	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sit	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 wicked	punct
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 wicked	cop
14	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 wicked	nsubj
15	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 wait	parataxis
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sit down	present · do-support	the camels	a square		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in square=Location
3	is	present	that		wicked 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

they sit to rest in the sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sit	nsubj
2	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 rest	mark
4	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 sit	advcl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 sun	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sun	det
7	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	present	they						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	rest	to-infinitive	they not said here			the sun			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sun=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

they sit in a square so the men can fire over their backs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sit	nsubj
2	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 square	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 square	det
5	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sit	obl
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	10 fire	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 men	det
8	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 fire	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 fire	aux
10	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sit	obl
11	over	over	ADP	_	13 backs	case
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 backs	nmod:poss
13	backs	back	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 fire	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	present	they			a square		so fire over men's backs	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in square=Location

Option 3

to hide from the smoke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 hide	mark
2	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 smoke	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 smoke	det
5	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	to-infinitive				the smoke			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from smoke=Beneficiary

Option 4

they kneel in a ring so the drivers can feed them grain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 kneel	nsubj
2	kneel	kneel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 ring	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 ring	det
5	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kneel	obl
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	10 feed	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 drivers	det
8	drivers	driver	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 feed	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 feed	aux
10	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 kneel	advcl
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 feed	iobj
12	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 feed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kneel	present	they			a ring			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in ring=Location
2	feed	can	the drivers	grain	them = they				vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient grain=Theme

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