Test 7 · ★ · Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket, part 2: the snakes…

ok but the brother, where was he and what was he doing?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother · What happens: do

This is test 7 · ★ 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	ok	ok	INTJ	_	13 doing	discourse
2	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 doing	cc
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 brother	det
4	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 doing	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 doing	punct
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	13 doing	advmod
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 doing	aux
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 doing	nsubj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 doing	cc
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 doing	obj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 doing	aux
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 doing	nsubj
13	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 doing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · progressive	the brother						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

waving the peacock fan over the king's head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	waving	wave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fan	det
3	peacock	peacock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fan	compound
4	fan	fan	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 waving	obj
5	over	over	ADP	_	9 head	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 head	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 king	case
9	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 waving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	gerund		the peacock fan		the king's head			vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fan=Patient

Option 2

guarding the door of the house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	guarding	guard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 door	det
3	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 guarding	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 house	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 house	det
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 door	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guard	gerund		the door of the house					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Beneficiary

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

waving the peacock fan over the king's head while the flies settled on his hair

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	waving	wave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 settled	advcl
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fan	det
3	peacock	peacock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fan	compound
4	fan	fan	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 waving	obj
5	over	over	ADP	_	9 head	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 head	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 king	case
9	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 waving	obl
10	while	while	SCONJ	_	13 settled	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 flies	det
12	flies	fly	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 settled	nsubj
13	settled	settle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 hair	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 hair	nmod:poss
16	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 settled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	gerund	the flies not said here	the peacock fan		the king's head			vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fan=Patient
2	settle	past	the flies					on king's hair	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on hair=Topic

Option 4

waving the peacock fan over the king's and prince's heads all through the tale

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	waving	wave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fan	det
3	peacock	peacock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fan	compound
4	fan	fan	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 waving	obj
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 king	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 waving	obl
8	's	's	PART	_	7 king	case
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 heads	cc
10	prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 heads	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 prince	case
12	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 king	conj
13	all	all	ADV	_	16 tale	advmod
14	through	through	ADP	_	16 tale	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 tale	det
16	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 waving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	gerund		the peacock fan		the tale		over the king and prince's heads	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fan=Patient

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