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

so Thakane just chucked her baby in the river, right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Thakane · What happens: chuck · To what, where: baby, river

This is test 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. 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	so	so	ADV	_	4 chucked	advmod
2	Thakane	Thakane	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 chucked	nsubj
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 chucked	advmod
4	chucked	chuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 baby	nmod:poss
6	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chucked	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 river	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 river	det
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chucked	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 chucked	punct
11	right	right	INTJ	_	4 chucked	discourse
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 chucked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuck	past	Thakane	Thakane's baby		the river			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent baby=Theme in river=Destination

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

nah, she carried her to a far village and swapped her for a goat

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 carried	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 carried	nsubj
4	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 carried	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 village	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 village	det
8	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 village	amod
9	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carried	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 swapped	cc
11	swapped	swap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 carried	conj
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 swapped	obj
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 goat	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 goat	det
15	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 swapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	she	her = she		a far village			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to village=Destination
2	swap	past	she not said here	her = she				for a goat	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent she=Theme for goat=Co-Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

nah, she gave her to the ogre

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 gave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	iobj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 ogre	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ogre	det
8	ogre	ogre	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	she		her = she			to the ogre	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Theme to ogre=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

nah, she hid her with the old lady

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 hid	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hid	nsubj
4	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hid	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 lady	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lady	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 lady	amod
9	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	she	her = she				with the old lady	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

Option 4

yeah, she left her on the bank

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 left	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 left	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 left	nsubj
4	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 left	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 bank	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bank	det
8	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	she	her = she		the bank			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme on bank=Location

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