Test 8 · ★ · Swahili Tales, The Nunda: the sultan's cat devours his peo…
Noma, did the boy get a new crown after the Nunda died?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Noma, boy, Nunda · What happens: do, get, die · To what, where: new crown
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | Noma | Noma | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 did | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Noma | punct |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 boy | det |
| 5 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 get | nsubj |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | ccomp |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 crown | det |
| 8 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 crown | amod |
| 9 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 get | obj |
| 10 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 13 died | mark |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Nunda | det |
| 12 | Nunda | Nunda | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 died | nsubj |
| 13 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 get | advcl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Noma | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | get | present | the boy | a new crown | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer crown=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | die | past | the Nunda | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
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, the sultan gave him a new crown and a palace near the mountain and the river
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 gave | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sultan | det |
| 4 | sultan | sultan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gave | nsubj |
| 5 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 gave | iobj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 crown | det |
| 8 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 crown | amod |
| 9 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gave | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 palace | cc |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 palace | det |
| 12 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 crown | conj |
| 13 | near | near | ADP | _ | 15 mountain | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 mountain | det |
| 15 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 palace | nmod |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 river | cc |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 river | det |
| 18 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 crown | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the sultan | a new crown and a palace near the mountain and the river | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient crown=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, the people gave him presents and love
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 people | det |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 gave | nsubj |
| 5 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 gave | iobj |
| 7 | presents | present | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 gave | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 love | cc |
| 9 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 presents | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the people | presents and love | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient present=Theme |
Option 3
Nah, they gave him gold and some cows
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | iobj |
| 6 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 cows | cc |
| 8 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 9 cows | det |
| 9 | cows | cow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 gold | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | they | gold and some cows | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient gold=Theme |
Option 4
Yeah, they gave him a new crown, bro
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 gave | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | iobj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 crown | det |
| 7 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 crown | amod |
| 8 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 bro | punct |
| 10 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 crown | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | they | a new crown and bro | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient crown=Theme |
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