Test 13 · ★ · Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket, part 2: the snakes…

which sister got the worst job, the wood one?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sister · What happens: get · To what, where: worst job

This is test 13 · ★ 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	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 sister	det
2	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	nsubj
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 job	det
5	worst	bad	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 job	amod
6	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 one	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 one	det
9	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 one	compound
10	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 job	appos
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	which sister	the worst job					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer job=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 right answer

yep, the youngest had to cut and carry the wood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 youngest	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 youngest	det
4	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 had	nsubj
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 cut	mark
7	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 had	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 carry	cc
9	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 cut	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wood	det
11	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 carry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	have	past	the youngest		tree rules
2	cut	to-infinitive	the youngest not said here		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	carry	infinitive	the youngest not said here	the wood	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

yep, the eldest had to fetch the water home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 eldest	det
4	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 had	nsubj
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 fetch	mark
7	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 had	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 water	det
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fetch	obj
10	home	home	ADV	_	7 fetch	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the eldest						tree rules
2	fetch	to-infinitive	the eldest not said here	the water				home property	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme

Option 3

yep, the youngest had to cut and carry the wood while the others lounged about at home

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 youngest	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 youngest	det
4	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 had	nsubj
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 cut	mark
7	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 had	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 carry	cc
9	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 cut	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wood	det
11	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 carry	obj
12	while	while	SCONJ	_	15 lounged	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 others	det
14	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 lounged	nsubj
15	lounged	lounge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 carry	advcl
16	about	about	ADV	_	15 lounged	advmod
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 home	case
18	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 lounged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	have	past	the youngest				tree rules
2	cut	to-infinitive	the youngest not said here				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	carry	infinitive	the youngest not said here	the wood			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Theme
4	lounge	past	the others		home	about property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location

Option 4

yep, the youngest had to cut and carry the wood across the island every single day

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 youngest	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 youngest	det
4	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 had	nsubj
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 cut	mark
7	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 had	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 carry	cc
9	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 cut	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wood	det
11	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 carry	obj
12	across	across	ADP	_	14 island	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 island	det
14	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 carry	obl
15	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	17 day	det
16	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 day	amod
17	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 carry	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	have	past	the youngest				tree rules
2	cut	to-infinitive	the youngest not said here				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	carry	infinitive	the youngest not said here	the wood	the island	day	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Theme

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