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

so the ring, does it just do whatever u say?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ring · What happens: say · To what, where: whatever · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ 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	_	11 say	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ring	det
3	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 say	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 ring	punct
5	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 say	aux
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 do	nsubj
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 do	advmod
8	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 say	aux
9	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 say	obj
10	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 say	nsubj
11	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · do-support	the ring	whatever					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent whatever=Topic

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, tell it food or clothes or a house or anything else and it sorts it out straight away

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 tell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 tell	obj
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tell	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 clothes	cc
7	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	5 food	conj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 house	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 house	det
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 food	conj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 anything	cc
12	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 food	conj
13	else	else	ADV	_	12 anything	advmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 sorts	cc
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 sorts	nsubj
16	sorts	sort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 tell	conj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 sorts	obj
18	out	out	ADP	_	16 sorts	compound:prt
19	straight	straight	ADV	_	20 away	advmod
20	away	away	ADV	_	16 sorts	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	food or clothes or a house	it				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient food=Topic
2	sort out	present	house	it				away property	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, tell it food or clothes or a house and it sorts it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 tell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 tell	obj
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tell	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 clothes	cc
7	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	5 food	conj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 house	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 house	det
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 food	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 sorts	cc
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sorts	nsubj
13	sorts	sort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 tell	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sorts	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	food or clothes or a house	it				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient food=Topic
2	sort	present	house	it					vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

nah, u gotta say the magic word first and then it works

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 say	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 say	nsubj
4	gotta	gotta	ADV	_	5 say	advmod
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 word	det
7	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 word	compound
8	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	obj
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 say	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 works	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 works	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 works	nsubj
13	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 say	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	u	the magic word				first, gotta property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic
2	work	present	word				then		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

yeah, just tell it what u need, food or clothes or a house, and it sorts it no questions asked

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 tell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 tell	advmod
4	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tell	obj
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 need	obj
7	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 need	nsubj
8	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 food	punct
10	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	ccomp
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 clothes	cc
12	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	10 food	conj
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 house	cc
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 house	det
15	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 food	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 sorts	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 sorts	cc
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 sorts	nsubj
19	sorts	sort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	parataxis
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 sorts	obj
21	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	22 questions	det
22	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 sorts	obj
23	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 questions	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		it	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent it=Recipient clause=Topic
2	need	present	u			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme
3	sort	present	house	it		tree rules
4	ask speech: ask	participle		no questions not said here		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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