Test 12 · ★ · Bassoto Tales, The Nyamatsane, part 1: a man kills a grand…
yo, was the nyamatsane cloud scary to the man, or nah?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: nyamatsane cloud
This is test 12 · ★ 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 | _ | 6 cloud | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yo | punct |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 cloud | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 cloud | det |
| 5 | nyamatsane | nyamatsane | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 cloud | amod |
| 6 | cloud | cloud | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | scary | scary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 cloud | amod |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 man | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 man | det |
| 10 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 scary | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 nah | punct |
| 12 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 13 nah | cc |
| 13 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 cloud | discourse |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 cloud | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the nyamatsane cloud | tree rules |
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, his heart stood still with fear at the sight of it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 stood | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 stood | punct |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 heart | nmod:poss |
| 4 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stood | nsubj |
| 5 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | still | still | ADV | _ | 5 stood | advmod |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 fear | case |
| 8 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stood | obl |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 sight | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 sight | det |
| 11 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stood | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 it | case |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 sight | nmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 stood | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | past | his heart | the sight of sight | still | with fear | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at sight=Location | ||
| 2 | sight | sight | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2
Yeah, his heart stood still and he fell over in fear.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 stood | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 stood | punct |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 heart | nmod:poss |
| 4 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stood | nsubj |
| 5 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | still | still | ADV | _ | 5 stood | advmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 fell | cc |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 fell | nsubj |
| 9 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 stood | conj |
| 10 | over | over | ADV | _ | 9 fell | advmod |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 fear | case |
| 12 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 fell | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 stood | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | past | his heart | still | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | fall over | past | heart | fear | over property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in fear=Location |
Option 3
Yeah, his legs went weak.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 went | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 went | punct |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 legs | nmod:poss |
| 4 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 went | nsubj |
| 5 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | weak | weak | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 went | xcomp |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 went | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | his legs | weak property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, his heart stood still.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 stood | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 stood | punct |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 heart | nmod:poss |
| 4 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stood | nsubj |
| 5 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | still | still | ADV | _ | 5 stood | advmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 stood | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | past | his heart | still | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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