Test 3 · ★ · Folk Tales, The Sacred Milk of Koumongoé, part 2: Thakane…

wait the parents drank from their hands?? that's so gross but kinda cute

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, parents, that · What happens: wait, drink, be · To what, where: hands

This is test 3 · ★ 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 parents	det
3	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 drank	nsubj
4	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	parataxis
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 hands	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hands	nmod:poss
7	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 drank	obl
8	??	??	PUNCT	_	12 gross	punct
9	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 gross	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 gross	cop
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 gross	advmod
12	gross	gross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 wait	parataxis
13	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 cute	cc
14	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	15 cute	advmod
15	cute	cute	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 gross	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	drink	past	the parents	parents's hands		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from hand=Source
3	is	present	that		gross property	tree rules
4	be		that not said here		kinda 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

nah they used the big clay pot and passed it around the village circle slowly

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	3 used	discourse
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 used	nsubj
3	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pot	det
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pot	amod
6	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pot	compound
7	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 used	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 passed	cc
9	passed	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 used	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 passed	obj
11	around	around	ADP	_	14 circle	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 circle	det
13	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 circle	compound
14	circle	circle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 passed	obl
15	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	9 passed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	they	the big clay pot					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pot=Patient
2	pass	past	they not said here	pot		the village circle		slowly property	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme around circle=Destination

Option 2

ya they cupped their hands and then the whole family drank together around the fire

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	ya	ya	X	Foreign=Yes	3 cupped	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cupped	nsubj
3	cupped	cup	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 hands	nmod:poss
5	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cupped	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 drank	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 drank	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 family	det
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 family	amod
10	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 drank	nsubj
11	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cupped	conj
12	together	together	ADV	_	11 drank	advmod
13	around	around	ADP	_	15 fire	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 fire	det
15	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 drank	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cup	past	ya	their hands					vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
2	drink	past	the whole family			the fire	then	together property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

ya they made a cup and went for it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	ya	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 made	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 made	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cup	det
5	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 went	cc
7	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 made	conj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	ya	a cup					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Product
2	go	past	ya not said here					for cup	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for it=Beneficiary

Option 4

ya they scooped it up with a leaf

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	ya	ya	X	Foreign=Yes	3 scooped	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 scooped	nsubj
3	scooped	scoop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 scooped	obj
5	up	up	ADP	_	3 scooped	compound:prt
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 leaf	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 leaf	det
8	leaf	leaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 scooped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scoop up	past	ya	it				with a leaf	vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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