--- title: is the girl actually ill or nah, mate? — Africa Tales, The Rover of the Plain,… · tree and pragmatics description: is the girl actually ill or nah, mate? Test 5 · ★ 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 of the question and of e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1169-pg3027-part35/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Africa Tales, The Rover of the Plain, part 35: the girl br… is the girl actually ill or nah, mate? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** be This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1169-pg3027-part35:t5:1 # text = is the girl actually ill or nah, mate? 1 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 actually actually ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the girl | | | | | actually, ill *property* | tree rules | 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, she's got pains all over and she's been in bed all day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1169-pg3027-part35:t5:o1:1 # text = yeah, she's got pains all over and she's been in bed all day 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 pains pain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 all all ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 over over ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 cop _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 15 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 16 det _ _ 16 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present · passive | she | pains | | | day | over *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pain=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | present | she | | | bed | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} nah, she's just a bit sad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1169-pg3027-part35:t5:o2:1 # text = nah, she's just a bit sad 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | she | | | | | a bit *obl:unmarked*; sad *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} yeah, she's got a bad fever ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1169-pg3027-part35:t5:o3:1 # text = yeah, she's got a bad fever 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 fever fever NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present · passive | she | a bad fever | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fever=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} nah, she's proper gutted but she's fine ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1169-pg3027-part35:t5:o4:1 # text = nah, she's proper gutted but she's fine 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 proper properly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 gutted gut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gut** | present · passive | | she | | | | properly *property* | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source | | 2 | **is** | present | she | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | **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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