Test 5 · ★ · Bassoto Tales, The Nyamatsane, part 1: a man kills a grand…

that panther went full crazy at the end, right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: panther · What happens: go · To what, where: end

This is test 5 · ★ 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	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 panther	det
2	panther	panther	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 crazy	amod
5	crazy	crazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 went	xcomp
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 end	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 end	det
8	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct
10	right	right	INTJ	_	3 went	discourse
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	that panther				at the end	crazy property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at end=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

Nah, she just sat down calmly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 sat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sat	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 sat	advmod
5	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	down	down	ADP	_	5 sat	compound:prt
7	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	5 sat	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit down	past	she					calmly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, she ran off like a madwoman, screaming at the bees all day.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 ran	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 ran	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ran	nsubj
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 ran	compound:prt
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 madwoman	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 madwoman	det
8	madwoman	madwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ran	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 screaming	punct
10	screaming	scream	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 ran	advcl
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 bees	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bees	det
13	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 screaming	obl
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 day	det
15	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 screaming	obl:unmarked
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run off	past	she					like a madwoman	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	scream speech: express	gerund	she not said here				day	at the bees	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at bee=Location

Option 3

Yeah, she fled to the far hills.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 fled	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 fled	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fled	nsubj
4	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 hills	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hills	det
7	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hills	amod
8	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fled	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 fled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flee	past	she			the far hills			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to hill=Initial_Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, she ran off like a madwoman.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 ran	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 ran	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ran	nsubj
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 ran	compound:prt
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 madwoman	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 madwoman	det
8	madwoman	madwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ran	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run off	past	she					like a madwoman	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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