Test 3 · ★ · Africa Tales, The Rover of the Plain, part 35: the girl br…
wait, so the women spotted the hoof marks in the beans, yeah?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, women · What happens: wait, spot · To what, where: hoof marks
This is test 3 · ★ 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 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 spotted | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 spotted | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 women | det |
| 5 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 spotted | nsubj |
| 6 | spotted | spot | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 wait | parataxis |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 marks | det |
| 8 | hoof | hoof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 marks | compound |
| 9 | marks | mark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 spotted | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 beans | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 beans | det |
| 12 | beans | bean | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 spotted | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 wait | punct |
| 14 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 1 wait | discourse |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | spot | past | the women | the hoof marks | in the beans | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent mark=Destination in bean=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
yeah, they spotted them and stayed put
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 spotted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 spotted | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 spotted | nsubj |
| 4 | spotted | spot | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 spotted | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 stayed | cc |
| 7 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 spotted | conj |
| 8 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 stayed | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spot | past | they | them = they | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Destination | ||||
| 2 | stay | past | they not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | put | participle | they not said here | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
yeah, they spotted them and ran off to the lake to tell the chief
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 spotted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 spotted | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 spotted | nsubj |
| 4 | spotted | spot | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 spotted | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 ran | cc |
| 7 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 spotted | conj |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 ran | compound:prt |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 lake | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 lake | det |
| 11 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ran | obl |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 tell | mark |
| 13 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 ran | advcl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 chief | det |
| 15 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spot | past | they | them = they | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Destination | ||||
| 2 | run off | past | they not said here | to the lake result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to lake=Result | ||||
| 3 | tell speech: assert | to-infinitive | they not said here | the chief | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent chief=Recipient |
Option 3
nah, they saw the footprints but waited around for the men to come out
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 saw | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 saw | nsubj |
| 4 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 footprints | det |
| 6 | footprints | footprint | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 saw | obj |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 waited | cc |
| 8 | waited | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 saw | conj |
| 9 | around | around | ADV | _ | 8 waited | advmod |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 men | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 men | det |
| 12 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 waited | obl |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 come | mark |
| 14 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 waited | advcl |
| 15 | out | out | ADV | _ | 14 come | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | they | the footprints | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer footprint=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | wait around | past | they not said here | for the men; around property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | come out | to-infinitive | they not said here | out property | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, they saw them and ran home proper quick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 saw | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 saw | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 saw | nsubj |
| 4 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 saw | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 ran | cc |
| 7 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 saw | conj |
| 8 | home | home | ADV | _ | 7 ran | advmod |
| 9 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 quick | amod |
| 10 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 ran | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | they | them = they | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | run | past | they not said here | home, quick property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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