Exam question 4 · Jungle Book, Animals in War, part 33: the animals question…

Describe the manner in which the advance of the troops is brought to a halt before the Viceroy and the Amir.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, troops · What happens: describe, bring, advance · To what, where: manner, advance

This is exam question 4 of lesson 632 «Jungle Book, Animals in War, part 33: the animals question orders before the big parade» 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 brought	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 advance	det
7	advance	advance	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 brought	nsubj:pass
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 troops	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 troops	det
10	troops	troops	NOUN	Number=Ptan	7 advance	nmod
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 brought	aux:pass
12	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 manner	acl:relcl
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 halt	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 halt	det
15	halt	halt	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 brought	obl
16	before	before	ADP	_	18 Viceroy	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Viceroy	det
18	Viceroy	Viceroy	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 halt	nmod
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 Amir	cc
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Amir	det
21	Amir	Amir	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Viceroy	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the manner			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	bring	present · passive		the advance of the troops	the manner	to a halt before the Viceroy and the Amir	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to halt=Destination
3	advance		the troops				nom advance «event intransitive»: of=agent

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 Amir fled to his tent.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Amir	det
2	Amir	Amir	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 fled	nsubj
3	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 tent	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 tent	nmod:poss
6	tent	tent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fled	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 fled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flee	past	the Amir			Amir's tent			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to tent=Initial_Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The ground stood still and the line saluted.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ground	det
2	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	nsubj
3	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	still	still	ADV	_	3 stood	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 saluted	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 line	det
7	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 saluted	nsubj
8	saluted	salute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 stood	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	the ground				still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	salute	past	the line						vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The ground stood still as the whole line saluted the Viceroy and the Amir together.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ground	det
2	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	nsubj
3	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	still	still	ADV	_	3 stood	advmod
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 saluted	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 line	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 line	amod
8	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 saluted	nsubj
9	saluted	salute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 stood	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Viceroy	det
11	Viceroy	Viceroy	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 saluted	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 Amir	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Amir	det
14	Amir	Amir	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Viceroy	conj
15	together	together	ADV	_	9 saluted	advmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	the ground				still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	salute	past	the whole line	the Viceroy and the Amir				together property	vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent viceroy=Topic

Option 4

The troops marched on and halted.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 troops	det
2	troops	troops	NOUN	Number=Ptan	3 marched	nsubj
3	marched	march	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADV	_	3 marched	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 halted	cc
6	halted	halt	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 marched	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 marched	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	march on	past	the troops						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	halt	past	the troops not said here						vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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