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description: who saw them at the river and told on them? Test 9 · ★ 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 pragmatics of 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Basuto Tales, Thakane and Dilah: a mother hides her baby f…

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who saw them at the river and told on them?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** see, tell · **To what, where:** them, river · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1225-pg3282-part26:t9:1
# text = who saw them at the river and told on them?
1	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past |  | them *= they* |  | the river |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | on them *= they* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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}

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Masilo's father, walking home from the city

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1225-pg3282-part26:t9:o1:1
# text = Masilo's father, walking home from the city
1	Masilo	Masilo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	home	home	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | gerund | Masilo's father *not said here* |  |  | the city |  | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from city=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a hunter who had followed them for hours through the reeds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1225-pg3282-part26:t9:o2:1
# text = a hunter who had followed them for hours through the reeds
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hunter	hunter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	followed	follow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	through	through	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	reeds	reed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | past · perfect · passive |  | a hunter |  | the reeds | hour |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: subject=Theme they=Attribute |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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a man chopping willows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1225-pg3282-part26:t9:o3:1
# text = a man chopping willows
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	chopping	chopping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	willows	willow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a woman washing clothes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1225-pg3282-part26:t9:o4:1
# text = a woman washing clothes
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	washing	washing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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