Test 1 · ★ · Bassoto Tales, The Nyamatsane, part 1: a man kills a grand…

yo, so the jackal's totally bluffing the panther, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: jackal · What happens: bluff · To what, where: panther

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1668 «Bassoto Tales, The Nyamatsane, part 1: a man kills a grandmother nyamatsane, tricks her family, and flings a stone» 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	yo	yo	INTJ	_	8 bluffing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yo	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	8 bluffing	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 jackal	det
5	jackal	jackal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bluffing	nsubj
6	's	's	PART	_	5 jackal	case
7	totally	totally	ADV	_	8 bluffing	advmod
8	bluffing	bluff	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 panther	det
10	panther	panther	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bluffing	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bluffing	punct
12	right	right	INTJ	_	8 bluffing	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 bluffing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bluff	gerund	the jackal	the panther				totally property	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent panther=Patient

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

Yeah, he's lying about it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 lying	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 lying	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lying	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lying	aux
5	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lying	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 lying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present · progressive	he					about it	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about it=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he's faking the cubs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 faking	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 faking	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 faking	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 faking	aux
5	faking	fake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cubs	det
7	cubs	cub	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 faking	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 faking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fake	present · progressive	he	the cubs					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cub=Patient

Option 3

Yeah, he's totally faking the cubs by bringing out stones.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 faking	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 faking	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 faking	aux
5	totally	totally	ADV	_	6 faking	advmod
6	faking	fake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cubs	det
8	cubs	cub	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 faking	obj
9	by	by	SCONJ	_	10 bringing	mark
10	bringing	bring	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 faking	advcl
11	out	out	ADP	_	10 bringing	compound:prt
12	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 bringing	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 faking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fake	present · progressive	he	the cubs				totally property	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cub=Patient
2	bring out	gerund	he not said here	stones					vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent stone=Patient

Option 4

Yeah, he's faking the cubs the whole time, bro.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 faking	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 faking	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 faking	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 faking	aux
5	faking	fake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cubs	det
7	cubs	cub	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 faking	obj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 time	det
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 time	amod
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 faking	obl:unmarked
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 bro	punct
12	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 time	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 faking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fake	present · progressive	he	the cubs			time		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cub=Patient

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