Exam question 2 · Basuto Tales, Thakane and Dilah: a mother hides her baby f…

Which of the following accurately identifies the character who first perceived the resemblance between the girl and Masilo?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: character · What happens: follow, identify, perceive · To what, where: character, resemblance

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1225 «Basuto Tales, Thakane and Dilah: a mother hides her baby from the ogre's pot, and a father pays a thousand cattle to win back his daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 identifies	advmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 character	det
8	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 perceived	nsubj
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 perceived	advmod
11	perceived	perceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 character	acl:relcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 resemblance	det
13	resemblance	resemblance	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 perceived	obj
14	between	between	ADP	_	16 girl	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 girl	det
16	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 resemblance	nmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 Masilo	cc
18	Masilo	Masilo	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 girl	conj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present		the character	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent character=Theme
3	perceive	past	the character	the resemblance	between the girl and Masilo; first property	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer resemblance=Stimulus

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

The travellers' guide, who had recognised Masilo's face in the water by the lake

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 travellers	det
2	travellers	traveller	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 guide	nmod:poss
3	'	's	PART	_	2 travellers	case
4	guide	guide	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 recognised	punct
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 recognised	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 recognised	aux
8	recognised	recognise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 guide	acl
9	Masilo	Masilo	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 face	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Masilo	case
11	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 recognised	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 water	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 water	det
14	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 recognised	obl
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 lake	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 lake	det
17	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 recognised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recognise	past · perfect	the travellers's guide	Masilo's face		the water		by the lake	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

A boy who had gone out to fetch cattle for dinner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gone	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 gone	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 gone	aux
5	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 gone	compound:prt
7	to	to	PART	_	8 fetch	mark
8	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 gone	advcl
9	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fetch	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 dinner	case
11	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fetch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go out	past · perfect	a boy						vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	fetch	to-infinitive	a boy not said here	cattle				for dinner	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent cattle=Theme for dinner=Source

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A man who had come to cut willows for baskets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 man	det
2	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 come	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 come	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 come	aux
5	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 cut	mark
7	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 come	xcomp
8	willows	willow	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cut	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 baskets	case
10	baskets	basket	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cut	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past · perfect	a man						tree rules
2	cut	to-infinitive	a man not said here	willows				for baskets	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent willow=Product for basket=Asset

Option 4

A woman who had come to wash clothes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 woman	det
2	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 come	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 come	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 come	aux
5	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 wash	mark
7	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 come	xcomp
8	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	7 wash	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past · perfect	a woman						tree rules
2	wash	to-infinitive	a woman not said here	clothes					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient

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