Test 9 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 31: the army…

bruv, Two Tails is the elephant, right, so why's he a coward?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bruv, he · What happens: be · To what, where: elephant, coward

This is test 9 · ★ 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	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 elephant	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Tails	punct
3	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 Tails	nummod
4	Tails	tail	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 bruv	conj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 elephant	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 elephant	det
7	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 elephant	punct
9	right	right	INTJ	_	7 elephant	discourse
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 coward	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	16 coward	advmod
12	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	16 coward	advmod
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 coward	cop
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 coward	nsubj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 coward	det
16	coward	coward	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 elephant	conj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 elephant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	bruv and Two Tails	the elephant and a coward					tree rules
2	is a	present	he	a coward					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

he is just a big coward

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	6 coward	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 coward	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	6 coward	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 coward	det
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 coward	amod
6	coward	coward	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	he	a big coward					tree rules

Option 2

he stamps his feet and runs away from the big gun

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 stamps	nsubj
2	stamps	stamp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 feet	nmod:poss
4	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stamps	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 runs	cc
6	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 stamps	conj
7	away	away	ADV	_	6 runs	advmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	11 gun	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 gun	det
10	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 gun	amod
11	gun	gun	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 runs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stamp	present	he	his feet					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent foot=Destination
2	run away	present	he not said here			the big gun		away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from gun=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

he trumpets to say he won't go nearer the smoke

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 trumpets	nsubj
2	trumpets	trumpet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 say	mark
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 trumpets	xcomp
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 go	nsubj
6	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 go	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 go	advmod
8	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 say	ccomp
9	nearer	near	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 go	xcomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 smoke	det
11	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 go	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	trumpet	present	he			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	he not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not go	future	he	the smoke	near property	vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location smoke=Theme

Option 4

he trumpets to scare the mules

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 trumpets	nsubj
2	trumpets	trumpet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 scare	mark
4	scare	scare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 trumpets	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mules	det
6	mules	mule	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 scare	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trumpet	present	he						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	scare	to-infinitive	he not said here	the mules					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus mule=Experiencer

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