--- title: Wait, what did the giant say his name was, like, proper? — Old Africa, Makoma, part 2: Makoma bea… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, what did the giant say his name was, like, proper? Test 4 · ★ 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 and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1136-pg3027-part2/t4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Old Africa, Makoma, part 2: Makoma bea…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1136-pg3027-part2/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Old Africa, Makoma, part 2: Makoma beats giants and the ri… Wait, what did the giant say his name was, like, proper? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, giant, name, his · **What happens:** wait, do, say, be, name · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1136-pg3027-part2:t4:1 # text = Wait, what did the giant say his name was, like, proper? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 nsubj _ _ 7 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 like like INTJ UH _ 14 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **do** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | the giant | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | his name | | | | | proper *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **name** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Chin-debou Mau-giri ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1136-pg3027-part2:t4:o1:1 # text = Chin-debou Mau-giri 1 Chin chin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 debou debou NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 4 Mau Mau PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 giri giri NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Chi-debou ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1136-pg3027-part2:t4:o2:1 # text = Chi-debou 1 Chi Chi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 debou debou NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 list _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Chin-debou Mau-giri of the river ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1136-pg3027-part2:t4:o3:1 # text = Chin-debou Mau-giri of the river 1 Chin chin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 debou debou NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 Mau Mau PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 giri giri NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Mau-giri ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1136-pg3027-part2:t4:o4:1 # text = Mau-giri 1 Mau Mau PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 giri giri NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 list _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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