Test 1 · ★ · Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket, part 2: the snakes…

bro, did she grab that shiny pile the snakes offered?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she · What happens: grab, offer · To what, where: shiny pile, snakes

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1311 «Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket, part 2: the snakes' gifts, a palace built in a moment, and the king's visit» 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	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grab	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 bro	punct
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 grab	aux
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 grab	nsubj
5	grab	grab	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 pile	mark
7	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pile	amod
8	pile	pile	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grab	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 snakes	det
10	snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 pile	nmod
11	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 snakes	acl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 grab	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	past · do-support	she	shiny pile the snakes				bro vocative	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pile=Theme
2	offer	participle		the snakes not said here					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

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, she took the lot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 took	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 took	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 took	nsubj
4	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lot	det
6	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 took	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	she	the lot					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, she grabbed it all and kept the shiny pile for later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 grabbed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 grabbed	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 grabbed	nsubj
4	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 grabbed	obj
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 it	det
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 kept	cc
8	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 grabbed	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 pile	det
10	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 pile	amod
11	pile	pile	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 kept	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 later	case
13	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 kept	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	past	she	it					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	keep	past	she not said here	the shiny pile				late property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pile=Theme

Option 3

nah, she grabbed it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 grabbed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 grabbed	nsubj
4	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 grabbed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	past	she	it					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

nah, she shoved it away and only wanted the ring and casket

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 shoved	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shoved	nsubj
4	shoved	shove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shoved	obj
6	away	away	ADV	_	4 shoved	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wanted	cc
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 wanted	advmod
9	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 shoved	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ring	det
11	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wanted	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 casket	cc
13	casket	casket	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ring	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shove away	past	she	it				away property	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	want	past	she not said here	the ring and casket					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot ring=Theme

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