--- title: Is he proper gassed about going after Sakatirina, or just well scared? — Old Africa, Makoma, part 2: Makoma bea… · tree and pragmatics description: Is he proper gassed about going after Sakatirina, or just well scared? Test 8 · ★ 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 questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1136-pg3027-part2/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Old Africa, Makoma, part 2: Makoma beats giants and the ri… Is he proper gassed about going after Sakatirina, or just well scared? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** be, go This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1136-pg3027-part2:t8:1 # text = Is he proper gassed about going after Sakatirina, or just well scared? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 proper properly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 gassed gas VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 about about SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 7 after after ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Sakatirina Sakatirina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 just just ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 13 advmod _ _ 13 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | | gas, properly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | after Sakatirina | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 {#o1} he is really excited but also quite nervous about it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1136-pg3027-part2:t8:o1:1 # text = he is really excited but also quite nervous about it 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 really really ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 excited excited ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 also also ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 quite quite ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 nervous nervous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | | excited *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | he *not said here* | | | | | about it | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} he went alone, as ordered ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1136-pg3027-part2:t8:o2:1 # text = he went alone, as ordered 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 alone alone ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 ordered order VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | he | | | | | alone *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **order** | participle | | | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} he took his two friends ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1136-pg3027-part2:t8:o3:1 # text = he took his two friends 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take 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 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | he | | his two friends | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument friend=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} he went alone, as ordered, and didn't look back ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1136-pg3027-part2:t8:o4:1 # text = he went alone, as ordered, and didn't look back 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 alone alone ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 ordered ordered ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 10 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 12 back back ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | he | | | | | alone *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **look back** | past · do-support | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | **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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