Exam question 4 · Swahili Tales, The Nunda: the sultan's cat devours his peo…

What is the final outcome of the youngest son's expedition, as described in the passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be, describe · To what, where: final outcome, passage

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1795 «Swahili Tales, The Nunda: the sultan's cat devours his people, and his youngest son sets out to slay it» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 outcome	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 outcome	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 outcome	det
4	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 outcome	amod
5	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	11 expedition	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 son	det
8	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 son	amod
9	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 expedition	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 son	case
11	expedition	expedition	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 outcome	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 described	punct
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 described	mark
14	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 outcome	acl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 passage	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 passage	det
17	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 described	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 outcome	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the final outcome				of the youngest son's expedition	tree rules
2	describe	participle		the final outcome not said here		the passage			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

He slays the Nunda and is received with joy and honour by the people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 slays	nsubj
2	slays	slay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Nunda	det
4	Nunda	Nunda	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 slays	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 received	cc
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 received	aux:pass
7	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 slays	conj
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 joy	case
9	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 received	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 honour	cc
11	honour	honour	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 joy	conj
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 people	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 people	det
14	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 received	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slay	present	He	the Nunda					vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nunda=Patient
2	receive	present · passive	the people					with joy and honour	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He returns home alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 returns	nsubj
2	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	home	home	ADV	_	2 returns	advmod
4	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 returns	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	present	He					alone, home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He kills the Nunda and the sultan takes back the crown from him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 kills	nsubj
2	kills	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Nunda	det
4	Nunda	Nunda	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 kills	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 takes	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sultan	det
7	sultan	sultan	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 takes	nsubj
8	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 kills	conj
9	back	back	ADV	_	8 takes	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 crown	det
11	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 takes	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 takes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	present	He	the Nunda					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nunda=Theme
2	take back	present	the sultan	the crown				from him = he	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent crown=Theme from he=Initial_Location

Option 4

He traps the Nunda and is praised by the sultan and his court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 traps	nsubj
2	traps	trap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Nunda	det
4	Nunda	Nunda	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 traps	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 praised	cc
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 praised	aux:pass
7	praised	praise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 traps	conj
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 sultan	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sultan	det
10	sultan	sultan	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 praised	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 court	cc
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 court	nmod:poss
13	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sultan	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trap	present	He	the Nunda					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nunda=Patient
2	praise	present · passive	the sultan and his court						vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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