Test 3 · ★ · Old Africa, Makoma, part 2: Makoma beats giants and the ri…

Bruv, why'd the river man's moustache trip Makoma up, innit?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: moustache trip, river man · What happens: innit, trip

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1136 «Old Africa, Makoma, part 2: Makoma beats giants and the river spirit, then is sent to find Sakatirina» 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	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 why	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bruv	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	10 trip	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 man	det
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 man	compound
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 trip	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 man	case
9	moustache	moustache	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 trip	compound
10	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 why	appos
11	Makoma	Makoma	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 trip	appos
12	up	up	ADP	_	11 Makoma	compound:prt
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 innit	punct
14	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 trip	acl:relcl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	innit	infinitive	the river man's moustache trip not said here						tree rules
2	trip		the river man						nom trip «act transitive»: poss=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

it stuck to his feet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stuck	nsubj
2	stuck	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 feet	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 feet	nmod:poss
5	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stuck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stick	past	it					to his feet	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2

a rope of hair wound round his ankles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 rope	det
2	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 hair	case
4	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rope	nmod
5	wound	woun	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 rope	acl
6	round	round	ADP	_	8 ankles	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 ankles	nmod:poss
8	ankles	ankle	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wound	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	woun	participle		a rope of hair not said here				round his ankles	tree rules

Option 3

his big moustache

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 moustache	nmod:poss
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 moustache	amod
3	moustache	moustache	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

a long hair wrapped round his legs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 hair	det
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hair	amod
3	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	wrapped	wrap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 hair	acl
5	round	round	ADP	_	7 legs	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 legs	nmod:poss
7	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wrapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrap	participle		a long hair not said here		his legs			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme round leg=Destination

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