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title: Mate, did the fire bloke, like, just blow a massive flame at him? — Old Africa, Makoma, part 2: Makoma bea… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, did the fire bloke, like, just blow a massive flame at him? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1136 «Old Africa, Makoma, part 2: Makoma beats giants and the river spirit, then is sent to find Sakatirina» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Test 2 · ★ · Old Africa, Makoma, part 2: Makoma beats giants and the ri…

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Mate, did the fire bloke, like, just blow a massive flame at him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** blow · **To what, where:** massive flame

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1136 «Old Africa, Makoma, part 2: Makoma beats giants and the river spirit, then is sent to find Sakatirina» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1136-pg3027-part2/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1136-pg3027-part2:t2:1
# text = Mate, did the fire bloke, like, just blow a massive flame at him?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bloke	bloke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	blow	blow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	flame	flame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | past · do-support |  | a massive flame |  |  |  | at Mate | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent flame=Patient |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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blew a flame at Makoma

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1136-pg3027-part2:t2:o1:1
# text = blew a flame at Makoma
1	blew	blow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	flame	flame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Makoma	Makoma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | past |  | a flame |  | Makoma |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent flame=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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he dropped his sack

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1136-pg3027-part2:t2:o2:1
# text = he dropped his sack
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past | he | his sack |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sack=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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sent a burst of heat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1136-pg3027-part2:t2:o3:1
# text = sent a burst of heat
1	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	burst	burst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past |  | a burst of heat |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent burst=Theme |
| 2 | **burst** |  |  | heat |  |  |  |  | nom burst «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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yeah, he blew a massive flame at the giant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1136-pg3027-part2:t2:o4:1
# text = yeah, he blew a massive flame at the giant
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	blew	blow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	flame	flame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | past | he | a massive flame |  |  |  | at the giant | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent flame=Patient |

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