Test 9 · ★ · Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa…

Was Makoma really dead after the giant threw him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Makoma, giant · What happens: be, throw · To what, where: Makoma

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1137 «Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa frees a python king and is promised a reward» 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	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dead	cop
2	Makoma	Makoma	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 dead	nsubj
3	really	really	ADV	_	4 dead	advmod
4	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	after	after	SCONJ	_	8 threw	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 giant	det
7	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 threw	nsubj
8	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dead	advcl
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 threw	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 dead	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Makoma					dead property	tree rules
2	throw	past	the giant	Makoma					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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 right answer

nah, he got way stronger instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 got	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obj
6	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 got	xcomp
7	instead	instead	ADV	_	4 got	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	he	way				instead, strong property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus

Option 2

nah, he just got back up slowly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 got	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 got	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 got	advmod
5	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	back	back	ADV	_	7 up	advmod
7	up	up	ADV	_	5 got	advmod
8	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	5 got	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get back	past	he					slowly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

nah, the spirits of his fathers came down and carried him up into the clouds

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	8 came	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 spirits	det
4	spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 came	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 fathers	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 fathers	nmod:poss
7	fathers	father	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 spirits	nmod
8	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	down	down	ADV	_	8 came	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 carried	cc
11	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 came	conj
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 carried	obj
13	up	up	ADP	_	11 carried	compound:prt
14	into	into	ADP	_	16 clouds	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 clouds	det
16	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come down	past	the spirits of his fathers					down property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	carry up	past	the spirits of his fathers not said here	him = he		the clouds			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4

yeah, he was dead for a while but then his brothers brought him back to life

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 dead	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 dead	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 dead	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dead	cop
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 while	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 while	det
8	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dead	obl
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 brought	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 brought	advmod
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 brothers	nmod:poss
12	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 brought	nsubj
13	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dead	conj
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 brought	obj
15	back	back	ADV	_	13 brought	advmod
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 life	case
17	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 brought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he				while	dead property	tree rules
2	bring back	past	his brothers	him = he		life	then		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to life=Destination

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