Test 1 · ★ · Folk Tales, The Sacred Milk of Koumongoé, part 2: Thakane…

yo why did koane even want that milk, was he just being lowkey dramatic?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: yo, koane, he · What happens: do, want, be · To what, where: koane, milk

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1224 «Folk Tales, The Sacred Milk of Koumongoé, part 2: Thakane is taken to the ogre, and the animals ask why» 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	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 did	nsubj
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	1 yo	advmod
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	koane	koane	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
5	even	even	ADV	_	6 want	advmod
6	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 koane	acl:relcl
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 milk	det
8	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 want	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 dramatic	punct
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 dramatic	cop
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 dramatic	nsubj
12	just	just	ADV	_	15 dramatic	advmod
13	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 lowkey	cop
14	lowkey	lowkey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 dramatic	csubj
15	dramatic	dramatic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 did	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	yo	koane		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent koane=Eventuality
2	want	present	koane not said here	that milk		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot milk=Theme
3	is	gerund			lowkey property	tree rules
4	is	past	he		dramatic 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 he was being a total crybaby about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 crybaby	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 crybaby	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 crybaby	cop
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 crybaby	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 crybaby	det
6	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 crybaby	amod
7	crybaby	crybaby	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 crybaby	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	a total crybaby				about crybaby	tree rules

Option 2

nah he was just really thirsty lol

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 thirsty	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 thirsty	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 thirsty	cop
4	just	just	ADV	_	6 thirsty	advmod
5	really	really	ADV	_	6 thirsty	advmod
6	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	lol	lol	INTJ	_	6 thirsty	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					thirsty property	tree rules

Option 3

yeah he was being a total crybaby and refused to move from the hut at all

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 crybaby	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 crybaby	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 crybaby	cop
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 crybaby	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 crybaby	det
6	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 crybaby	amod
7	crybaby	crybaby	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 refused	nsubj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 crybaby	cc
9	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	to	to	PART	_	11 move	mark
11	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 refused	xcomp
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 hut	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 hut	det
14	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 move	obl
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 all	case
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 move	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	a total crybaby			tree rules
2	refuse	past	a total crybaby				vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	not move	to-infinitive	a total crybaby not said here		the hut	at all	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from hut=Trajectory

Option 4

nope he was honestly just super thirsty and the milk was the only thing that mattered to him

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nope	nope	INTJ	_	7 thirsty	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 thirsty	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 thirsty	cop
4	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	7 thirsty	advmod
5	just	just	ADV	_	7 thirsty	advmod
6	super	super	ADV	_	7 thirsty	advmod
7	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 thing	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 milk	det
10	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 thing	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 thing	cop
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 thing	det
13	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 thing	amod
14	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thirsty	conj
15	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 mattered	nsubj
16	mattered	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 thing	acl:relcl
17	to	to	ADP	_	18 him	case
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 mattered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	he			honestly, super, thirsty property	tree rules
2	is a	past	the milk	the only thing			tree rules
3	matter	past	the only thing		him = he		vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to he=Experiencer

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