Test 9 · ★ · Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket, part 2: the snakes…

when did the prince finally lose it and jump up?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, lose, jump up · To what, where: prince, it

This is test 9 · ★ 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	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	2 did	advmod
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 prince	det
4	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
5	finally	finally	ADV	_	6 lose	advmod
6	lose	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	advcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 lose	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 jump	cc
9	jump	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 lose	conj
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 jump	compound:prt
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	the prince		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Eventuality
2	lose	present	it	finally property	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
3	jump up	infinitive			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

once she reached the scene by the tall river bank

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	once	once	SCONJ	_	3 reached	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 reached	nsubj
3	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 scene	det
5	scene	scene	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reached	obj
6	by	by	ADP	_	10 bank	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bank	det
8	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bank	amod
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bank	compound
10	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reached	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach	past	she	the scene				by the tall river bank	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent scene=Theme

Option 2

when she got to the part about the snakes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	3 got	advmod
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 got	nsubj
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 part	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 part	det
6	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	obl
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 snakes	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 snakes	det
9	snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 got	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	she					to the part result; about the snakes	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to part=Result

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

when she got to the bit where she sat crying in the tree and called for her brother

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	3 got	advmod
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 got	nsubj
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 bit	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bit	det
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	obl
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 sat	advmod
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sat	nsubj
9	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 bit	acl:relcl
10	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 sat	xcomp
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 tree	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tree	det
13	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 crying	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 called	cc
15	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 got	conj
16	for	for	ADP	_	18 brother	case
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 brother	nmod:poss
18	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 called	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	get	past	she		to the bit result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to bit=Result
2	sit	past	she			tree rules
3	cry speech: express	gerund	she not said here	the tree		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location
4	call	participle	she not said here		for her brother	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for brother=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

when she got to the bit where she sat crying in the tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	3 got	advmod
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 got	nsubj
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 bit	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bit	det
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	obl
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 sat	advmod
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sat	nsubj
9	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 bit	acl:relcl
10	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 sat	xcomp
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 tree	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tree	det
13	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 crying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	get	past	she		to the bit result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to bit=Result
2	sit	past	she			tree rules
3	cry speech: express	gerund	she not said here	the tree		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location

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