Test 10 · ★ · Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket, part 2: the snakes…

so was she actually dead like they said?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: she, they · What happens: be, say · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	5 dead	advmod
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dead	cop
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 dead	nsubj
4	actually	actually	ADV	_	5 dead	advmod
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	like	like	SCONJ	_	8 said	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 said	nsubj
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dead	advcl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 dead	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she					actually, dead property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	they						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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

nope, she was alive and well, and so was the boy, who had been sleeping by the well

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nope	nope	INTJ	_	5 alive	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nope	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 alive	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 alive	cop
5	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 well	cc
7	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 alive	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 boy	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 boy	cc
10	so	so	ADV	_	13 boy	advmod
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 boy	cop
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 boy	det
13	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 alive	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 sleeping	punct
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 sleeping	nsubj
16	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 sleeping	aux
17	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	18 sleeping	aux
18	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 boy	acl
19	by	by	ADP	_	21 well	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 well	det
21	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sleeping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	she		alive property	tree rules
2	is a	past	she not said here	the boy		tree rules
3	sleep	past · perfect · progressive	the boy		by the well	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

nope, she had only been hiding in the house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nope	nope	INTJ	_	7 hiding	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nope	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 hiding	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 hiding	aux
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 hiding	advmod
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 hiding	aux
7	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 house	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 house	det
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hiding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past · perfect · progressive	she			the house			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in house=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

nope, she was alive, and so was the boy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nope	nope	INTJ	_	5 alive	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nope	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 alive	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 alive	cop
5	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 boy	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 boy	cc
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 boy	advmod
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 boy	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 boy	det
11	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 alive	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she					alive property	tree rules
2	is a	past	she not said here	the boy					tree rules

Option 4

nope, she was alive, and so was the boy, though everyone in the town had sworn otherwise

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nope	nope	INTJ	_	5 alive	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nope	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 alive	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 alive	cop
5	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 boy	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 boy	cc
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 boy	advmod
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 boy	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 boy	det
11	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 alive	advcl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 sworn	punct
13	though	though	SCONJ	_	19 sworn	mark
14	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	19 sworn	nsubj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 town	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 town	det
17	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 everyone	nmod
18	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 sworn	aux
19	sworn	swear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 alive	conj
20	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	_	19 sworn	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	she		alive property	tree rules
2	is a	past	she not said here	the boy		tree rules
3	swear	past · perfect	everyone		otherwise property	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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