Test 6 · ★ · Africa Tales, The Rover of the Plain, part 35: the girl br…
the girl's husband is dead scared of her, innit?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: husband · What happens: be, innit
This is test 6 · ★ 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 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 husband | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 girl | case |
| 4 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 scared | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 scared | cop |
| 6 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 scared | amod |
| 7 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 her | case |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 scared | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 innit | punct |
| 11 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 scared | conj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 scared | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the girl's husband | of girl; scared property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | innit | infinitive | the girl's husband not said here | 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
nah, he's dead chuffed with her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 dead | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 dead | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 dead | cop |
| 5 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | chuffed | chuff | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 dead | acl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 her | case |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 chuffed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | dead property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | chuff | participle | with her = she | tree rules |
Option 2
nah, he's not scared at all, he just watches over her from the door
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 scared | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 scared | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 scared | cop |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 scared | advmod |
| 6 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 scared | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 watches | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 watches | nsubj |
| 11 | just | just | ADV | _ | 12 watches | advmod |
| 12 | watches | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 scared | conj |
| 13 | over | over | ADP | _ | 14 her | case |
| 14 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 watches | obl |
| 15 | from | from | ADP | _ | 17 door | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 door | det |
| 17 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 watches | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | he | all | scared property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | watch | present | he | the door | over her = she | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over she=Location |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
yeah, he's dead scared of her and hides in the shed whenever she shouts
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 scared | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 scared | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 scared | cop |
| 5 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 scared | amod |
| 6 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 her | case |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 scared | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 hides | cc |
| 10 | hides | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 scared | conj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 shed | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 shed | det |
| 13 | shed | shed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 hides | obl |
| 14 | whenever | whenever | SCONJ | _ | 16 shouts | mark |
| 15 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 shouts | nsubj |
| 16 | shouts | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 hides | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | of her = she; scared property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hide | present | he not said here | the shed | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in shed=Location | ||||
| 3 | shout speech: express | present | she | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, he's a proper softie for her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 softie | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 softie | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 softie | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 softie | det |
| 6 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 softie | amod |
| 7 | softie | softie | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 her | case |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 softie | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | he | a proper softie | for her = she | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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