Test 9 · ★ · Africa Tales, The Rover of the Plain, part 35: the girl br…
why did the husband go and check on her at the shed, though?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: husband · What happens: go, check · To what, where: shed
This is test 9 · ★ 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 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 go | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 go | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 husband | det |
| 4 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 go | nsubj |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 check | cc |
| 7 | check | check | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 go | conj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 her | case |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 check | obl |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 shed | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 shed | det |
| 12 | shed | shed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 check | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 though | punct |
| 14 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 7 check | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past · do-support | the husband | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | check | infinitive | the husband not said here | the shed | on her = she | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on she=Location |
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
cos he wanted his dinner
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cos | cos | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 3 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 dinner | nmod:poss |
| 5 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | cos | cos's dinner | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot dinner=Theme |
Option 2
cos he wanted to check the buffalo was dead and that she had not run off
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cos | cos | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dead | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 3 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 cos | acl:relcl |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 check | mark |
| 5 | check | check | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wanted | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 buffalo | det |
| 7 | buffalo | buffalo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 check | obj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 dead | cop |
| 9 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 run | cc |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 run | mark |
| 12 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 run | nsubj |
| 13 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 run | aux |
| 14 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 run | advmod |
| 15 | run | run | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 dead | conj |
| 16 | off | off | ADP | _ | 15 run | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | he | cos not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | check not said to happen | to-infinitive | cos not said here | the buffalo | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent buffalo=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is | past | cos | dead property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | not run off | past · perfect | she | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
cos he was worried and nosy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cos | cos | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 worried | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 worried | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 worried | cop |
| 4 | worried | worried | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 nosy | cc |
| 6 | nosy | nosy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 worried | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | cos | worried property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | cos not said here | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
cos he heard his wife crying and was worried she was truly hurt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cos | cos | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 heard | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 heard | nsubj |
| 3 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 wife | nmod:poss |
| 5 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 heard | obj |
| 6 | crying | cry | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 wife | acl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 worried | cc |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 worried | cop |
| 9 | worried | worried | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 heard | conj |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 hurt | aux:pass |
| 12 | truly | truly | ADV | _ | 13 hurt | advmod |
| 13 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 heard | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past | cos | cos's wife | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | cry speech: express | gerund | cos's wife not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | past | cos not said here | worried property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | hurt | past · passive | wife | truly property | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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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