Test 10 · ★ · Africa Tales, The Rover of the Plain, part 35: the girl br…
yo, did the villagers think the girl was super strong or nah?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: villagers, girl · What happens: do, think, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1169 «Africa Tales, The Rover of the Plain, part 35: the girl brings the dead buffalo back to life, and her husband spies on her» 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 | yo | yo | INTJ | _ | 3 did | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yo | punct |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 villagers | det |
| 5 | villagers | villager | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 think | nsubj |
| 6 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | parataxis |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 girl | det |
| 8 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 strong | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 strong | cop |
| 10 | super | super | ADV | _ | 11 strong | advmod |
| 11 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 think | ccomp |
| 12 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 13 nah | cc |
| 13 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 11 strong | discourse |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | think speech: other | present | the villagers | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | past | the girl | strong, super 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 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, they reckoned she was stronger than their girls
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 reckoned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 reckoned | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 reckoned | nsubj |
| 4 | reckoned | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 stronger | advcl |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 stronger | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 stronger | cop |
| 7 | stronger | strong | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 8 | than | than | ADP | _ | 10 girls | case |
| 9 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 girls | nmod:poss |
| 10 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 stronger | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | past | they | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | past | she | than their girls; strong property | tree rules |
Option 2
nah, they reckoned she was weak and sickly, not strong like the men
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 reckoned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 reckoned | nsubj |
| 4 | reckoned | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 weak | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 weak | cop |
| 7 | weak | weak | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 reckoned | ccomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 sickly | cc |
| 9 | sickly | sickly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 weak | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 strong | punct |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 strong | advmod |
| 12 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 weak | conj |
| 13 | like | like | ADP | _ | 15 men | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 men | det |
| 15 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 strong | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | past | they | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | past | she | weak property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | be | she not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | not be | she not said here | like the men | tree rules |
Option 3
yeah, they reckoned she was stronger than all the girls and boys put together in the whole village
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 reckoned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 reckoned | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 reckoned | nsubj |
| 4 | reckoned | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 stronger | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 stronger | cop |
| 7 | stronger | strong | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 reckoned | ccomp |
| 8 | than | than | ADP | _ | 11 girls | case |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 girls | det:predet |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 girls | det |
| 11 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 stronger | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 put | cc |
| 13 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 put | nsubj |
| 14 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 reckoned | conj |
| 15 | together | together | ADV | _ | 14 put | advmod |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 village | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 village | det |
| 18 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 village | amod |
| 19 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 put | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | past | they | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | past | she | than all girls; strong property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | put together | past | boys | the whole village | together property | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in village=Destination |
Option 4
nah, they reckoned she was weaker than their lads
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 reckoned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 reckoned | nsubj |
| 4 | reckoned | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 weaker | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 weaker | cop |
| 7 | weaker | weak | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 reckoned | ccomp |
| 8 | than | than | ADP | _ | 10 lads | case |
| 9 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 lads | nmod:poss |
| 10 | lads | lad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 weaker | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | past | they | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | past | she | than their lads; weak property | tree rules |
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