--- title: so Thakane just chucked her baby in the river, right? — Basuto Tales, Thakane and Dilah: a mot… · tree and pragmatics description: so Thakane just chucked her baby in the river, right? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1225 «Basuto Tales, Thakane and Dilah: a mother hides her baby from the ogre's pot, and a father pays a thousand cattle to win back his daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1225-pg3282-part26/t2/) [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/) / [Basuto Tales, Thakane and Dilah: a mot…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1225-pg3282-part26/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Basuto Tales, Thakane and Dilah: a mother hides her baby f… so Thakane just chucked her baby in the river, right? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Thakane · **What happens:** chuck · **To what, where:** baby, river This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1225 «Basuto Tales, Thakane and Dilah: a mother hides her baby from the ogre's pot, and a father pays a thousand cattle to win back his daughter» 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/1225-pg3282-part26/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1225-pg3282-part26:t2:1 # text = so Thakane just chucked her baby in the river, right? 1 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 Thakane Thakane PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 chucked chuck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 11 right right INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chuck** | past | Thakane | Thakane's baby | | the river | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent baby=Theme in river=Destination | 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 {#o1} nah, she carried her to a far village and swapped her for a goat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1225-pg3282-part26:t2:o1:1 # text = nah, she carried her to a far village and swapped her for a goat 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 far far ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 swapped swap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | past | she | her *= she* | | a far village | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to village=Destination | | 2 | **swap** | past | she *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | for a goat | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent she=Theme for goat=Co-Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} nah, she gave her to the ogre ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1225-pg3282-part26:t2:o2:1 # text = nah, she gave her to the ogre 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 ogre ogre NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | she | | her *= she* | | | to the ogre | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Theme to ogre=Recipient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} nah, she hid her with the old lady ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1225-pg3282-part26:t2:o3:1 # text = nah, she hid her with the old lady 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | past | she | her *= she* | | | | with the old lady | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} yeah, she left her on the bank ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1225-pg3282-part26:t2:o4:1 # text = yeah, she left her on the bank 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past | she | her *= she* | | the bank | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme on bank=Location | **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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