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title: ok but the brother, where was he and what was he doing? — Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket… · tree and pragmatics
description: ok but the brother, where was he and what was he doing? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1311 «Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket, part 2: the snakes' gifts, a palace built in a moment, and the king's visit» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 7 · ★ · Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket, part 2: the snakes…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
ok but the brother, where was he and what was he doing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brother · **What happens:** do

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1311 «Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket, part 2: the snakes' gifts, a palace built in a moment, and the king's visit» 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/1311-pg3454-part36/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1311-pg3454-part36:t7:1
# text = ok but the brother, where was he and what was he doing?
1	ok	ok	INTJ	UH	_	13	discourse	_	_
2	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	13	advmod	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	obj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · progressive | the brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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waving the peacock fan over the king's head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1311-pg3454-part36:t7:o1:1
# text = waving the peacock fan over the king's head
1	waving	wave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	peacock	peacock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	fan	fan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | gerund |  | the peacock fan |  | the king's head |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fan=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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guarding the door of the house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1311-pg3454-part36:t7:o2:1
# text = guarding the door of the house
1	guarding	guard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guard** | gerund |  | the door of the house |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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waving the peacock fan over the king's head while the flies settled on his hair

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1311-pg3454-part36:t7:o3:1
# text = waving the peacock fan over the king's head while the flies settled on his hair
1	waving	wave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	peacock	peacock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	fan	fan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
10	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	flies	fly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	settled	settle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | gerund | the flies *not said here* | the peacock fan |  | the king's head |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fan=Patient |
| 2 | **settle** | past | the flies |  |  |  |  | on king's hair | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on hair=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
waving the peacock fan over the king's and prince's heads all through the tale

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1311-pg3454-part36:t7:o4:1
# text = waving the peacock fan over the king's and prince's heads all through the tale
1	waving	wave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	peacock	peacock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	fan	fan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
13	all	all	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
14	through	through	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | gerund |  | the peacock fan |  | the tale |  | over the king and prince's heads | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fan=Patient |

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