--- title: wait, so the women spotted the hoof marks in the beans, yeah? — Africa Tales, The Rover of the Plain,… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, so the women spotted the hoof marks in the beans, yeah? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1169 «Africa Tales, The Rover of the Plain, part 35: the girl brings the dead buffalo back to life, and her husband spies on her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1169-pg3027-part35/t3/) [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/) / [Africa Tales, The Rover of the Plain,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1169-pg3027-part35/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Africa Tales, The Rover of the Plain, part 35: the girl br… wait, so the women spotted the hoof marks in the beans, yeah? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, women · **What happens:** wait, spot · **To what, where:** hoof marks This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1169 «Africa Tales, The Rover of the Plain, part 35: the girl brings the dead buffalo back to life, and her husband spies on her» 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/1169-pg3027-part35/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1169-pg3027-part35:t3:1 # text = wait, so the women spotted the hoof marks in the beans, yeah? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 spotted spot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 hoof hoof NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 marks mark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 beans bean NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 14 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 1 discourse _ 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 | **spot** | past | the women | the hoof marks | | | | in the beans | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent mark=Destination in bean=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} yeah, they spotted them and stayed put ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1169-pg3027-part35:t3:o1:1 # text = yeah, they spotted them and stayed put 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 spotted spot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spot** | past | they | them *= they* | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Destination | | 2 | **stay** | past | they *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **put** | participle | they *not said here* | | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} yeah, they spotted them and ran off to the lake to tell the chief ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1169-pg3027-part35:t3:o2:1 # text = yeah, they spotted them and ran off to the lake to tell the chief 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 spotted spot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 off off ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spot** | past | they | them *= they* | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Destination | | 2 | **run off** | past | they *not said here* | | | | | to the lake *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to lake=Result | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | the chief | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent chief=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} nah, they saw the footprints but waited around for the men to come out ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1169-pg3027-part35:t3:o3:1 # text = nah, they saw the footprints but waited around for the men to come out 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 footprints footprint NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 around around ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 15 out out ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | they | the footprints | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer footprint=Stimulus | | 2 | **wait around** | past | they *not said here* | | | | | for the men; around *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **come out** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} yeah, they saw them and ran home proper quick ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1169-pg3027-part35:t3:o4:1 # text = yeah, they saw them and ran home proper quick 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 home home ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | they | them *= they* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 2 | **run** | past | they *not said here* | | | | | home, quick *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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