Test 5 · ★ · Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket, part 2: the snakes…

why'd the king wanna go inside that house?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: king · What happens: go · To what, where: house

This is test 5 · ★ 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 go	advmod
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	6 go	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 go	nsubj
5	wanna	wanna	X	Foreign=Yes	4 king	dep
6	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	inside	inside	ADP	_	9 house	case
8	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 house	det
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 go	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	infinitive	the king			that house			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme inside house=Location

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

he reckoned a gang of plotters might be hiding in it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reckoned	nsubj
2	reckoned	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 gang	det
4	gang	gang	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hiding	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 plotters	case
6	plotters	plotter	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 gang	nmod
7	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 hiding	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 hiding	aux
9	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 reckoned	ccomp
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hiding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	past	he						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	hide	might · progressive	a gang of plotters			it			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in it=Location

Option 2

he was curious lol

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 curious	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 curious	cop
3	curious	curious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	lol	lol	INTJ	_	3 curious	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					curious property	tree rules

Option 3

he suspected the snakes had sent a spy inside it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 suspected	nsubj
2	suspected	suspect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 snakes	det
4	snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sent	nsubj:pass
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sent	aux
6	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 suspected	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 spy	det
8	spy	spy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sent	obj
9	inside	inside	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 spy	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suspect	past	he						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	send	past · perfect · passive		the snakes					vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination spy=Theme

Option 4

he wanted to see her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 see	mark
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	her = she					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus

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