Test 10 · ★ · Folk Tales, The Sacred Milk of Koumongoé, part 2: Thakane…

wait the gazelles were up super early too, what's up with that

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, gazelles · What happens: wait up, be

This is test 10 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 gazelles	det
3	gazelles	gazelle	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 up	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 up	cop
5	up	up	ADV	_	1 wait	parataxis
6	super	super	ADV	_	7 early	advmod
7	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 wait	advmod
8	too	too	ADV	_	1 wait	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 up	punct
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 up	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 up	cop
12	up	up	ADP	_	1 wait	compound:prt
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 that	case
14	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	1 wait	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait up	imperative	you not said here					with that; early property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past	the gazelles					up 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

they were up early because of a storm and they sang when they noticed Thakane walking by

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 were	nsubj
2	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 were	compound:prt
4	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 were	advmod
5	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	8 storm	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	5 because	fixed
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 storm	det
8	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 were	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 sang	cc
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 sang	nsubj
11	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 were	conj
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 noticed	advmod
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 noticed	nsubj
14	noticed	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 sang	advcl
15	Thakane	Thakane	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 noticed	obj
16	walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 noticed	xcomp
17	by	by	ADP	_	16 walking	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	be up	past	they		because a storm; early property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sing speech: express	past	they			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	notice	past	they	Thakane		tree rules
4	walk	gerund	Thakane not said here			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

they lifted their heads when they saw her and then sang a long warning song about the ogre

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lifted	nsubj
2	lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 heads	nmod:poss
4	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lifted	obj
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 saw	advmod
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 saw	nsubj
7	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lifted	advcl
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 saw	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 sang	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 sang	advmod
11	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lifted	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 song	det
13	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 song	amod
14	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 song	compound
15	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sang	obj
16	about	about	ADP	_	18 ogre	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 ogre	det
18	ogre	ogre	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sang	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	lift	past	they	their heads			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme
2	see	past	heads = head	her = she			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
3	sing speech: express	past	they not said here	a long warning song	then	about the ogre	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

they lifted their heads when they saw her and sang

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lifted	nsubj
2	lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 heads	nmod:poss
4	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lifted	obj
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 saw	advmod
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 saw	nsubj
7	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lifted	advcl
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 saw	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sang	cc
10	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lifted	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	lift	past	they	their heads	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme
2	see	past	heads = head	her = she	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
3	sing speech: express	past	they not said here		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

they were up cause the lions were near

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 were	nsubj
2	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 were	compound:prt
4	cause	cause	SCONJ	_	6 lions	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lions	det
6	lions	lion	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 near	obl
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 near	cop
8	near	near	ADV	_	2 were	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be up	past	they						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past						cause the lions; near property	tree rules

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