Test 11 · ★ · Swahili Tales, The Nunda: the sultan's cat devours his peo…

So the people were happy with the boy in the end?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: people · What happens: be

This is test 11 · ★ 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. 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	So	so	ADV	_	5 happy	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 people	det
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 happy	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 happy	cop
5	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 boy	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 boy	det
8	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 happy	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 end	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 end	det
11	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 boy	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 happy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the people					with the boy in the end; happy property	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

Nah, they were still scared and angry with him, so they sent him off to the far hills alone.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 scared	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 scared	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 scared	cop
5	still	still	ADV	_	6 scared	advmod
6	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 angry	cc
8	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 scared	conj
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 angry	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 sent	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	14 sent	advmod
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 sent	nsubj
14	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 scared	conj
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 sent	obj
16	off	off	ADP	_	14 sent	compound:prt
17	to	to	ADP	_	20 hills	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 hills	det
19	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 hills	amod
20	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 sent	obl
21	alone	alone	ADV	_	14 sent	advmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 scared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	they			still	scared property	tree rules
2	be		they not said here				with him = he	tree rules
3	send off	past	they	him = he	the far hills		alone property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to hill=Destination

Option 2

Yeah, they sang and loved him for killing it, and the sultan gave him a huge feast in the town

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 sang	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sang	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sang	nsubj
4	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 loved	cc
6	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sang	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 loved	obj
8	for	for	SCONJ	_	9 killing	mark
9	killing	kill	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 loved	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 killing	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 gave	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 gave	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sultan	det
14	sultan	sultan	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 gave	nsubj
15	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sang	conj
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 gave	iobj
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 feast	det
18	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 feast	amod
19	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 gave	obj
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 town	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 town	det
22	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 feast	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	they				vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	love	past	they not said here	him = he			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
3	kill	gerund	they not said here	it			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
4	give	past	the sultan	a huge feast	him = he	the town	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient feast=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, they sang and loved him for killing it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 sang	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sang	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sang	nsubj
4	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 loved	cc
6	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sang	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 loved	obj
8	for	for	SCONJ	_	9 killing	mark
9	killing	kill	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 loved	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 killing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	they		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	love	past	they not said here	him = he	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
3	kill	gerund	they not said here	it	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

Nah, they cried and blamed him for it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 cried	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cried	nsubj
4	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 blamed	cc
6	blamed	blame	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cried	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 blamed	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 blamed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	they						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	blame	past	they not said here	him = he				for it	vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme for it=Attribute

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