Test 7 · ★ · Folk Tales, The Sacred Milk of Koumongoé, part 2: Thakane…

did the elands also freak out or nah

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: elands · What happens: freak out

This is test 7 · ★ 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 freak	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 elands	det
3	elands	eland	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 freak	nsubj
4	also	also	ADV	_	5 freak	advmod
5	freak	freak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 freak	compound:prt
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 nah	cc
8	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 freak	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freak out	past · do-support	the elands						vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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

yeah they said the dad is the one for the ogre

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 said	discourse
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dad	det
5	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 one	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 one	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 one	det
8	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	ccomp
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 ogre	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ogre	det
11	ogre	ogre	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 one	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	they						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	the dad	the one				for the ogre	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

yeah they were like wretched man, its you the ogre should eat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 man	discourse
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 man	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 man	cop
4	like	like	ADP	_	6 man	case
5	wretched	wretched	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 man	amod
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 eat	punct
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 ogre	nmod:poss
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 ogre	nsubj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ogre	det
11	ogre	ogre	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 eat	nsubj
12	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 eat	aux
13	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 man	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	they	like wretched man	tree rules
2	ogre		you		tree rules
3	eat	should	its ogre		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

nah they stayed calm and told the rabbit to ask the father again about his decision in private

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	3 stayed	discourse
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stayed	nsubj
3	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stayed	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 told	cc
6	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 stayed	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rabbit	det
8	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	iobj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 ask	mark
10	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 told	xcomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 father	det
12	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ask	obj
13	again	again	ADV	_	10 ask	advmod
14	about	about	ADP	_	16 decision	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 decision	nmod:poss
16	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ask	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 private	case
18	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	they				calm property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	past	they not said here	the rabbit				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent rabbit=Recipient clause=Topic
3	ask speech: ask not said to happen	to-infinitive	they not said here	the father	private	again	about rabbit's decision	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent father=Recipient about decision=Topic
4	decide		rabbit					nom decision «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

nope they just stared at the rabbit quietly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 stared	discourse
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stared	nsubj
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 stared	advmod
4	stared	stare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 rabbit	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rabbit	det
7	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stared	obl
8	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	4 stared	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stare	past	they					at the rabbit; quietly property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at rabbit=Theme

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