--- title: Which animal is the jackal deceiving when he pretends that the cubs… — Bassoto Tales, The Nyamatsane, part 1:… · tree and pragmatics description: Which animal is the jackal deceiving when he pretends that the cubs are still present? Exam question 1 of lesson 1668 «Bassoto Tales, The Nyamatsane, part 1: a man kills a grandmother nyamatsane, tricks her family, and flings a stone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1668-pg5615-part57/e1/) [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/) / [Bassoto Tales, The Nyamatsane, part 1:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1668-pg5615-part57/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Bassoto Tales, The Nyamatsane, part 1: a man kills a grand… Which animal is the jackal deceiving when he pretends that the cubs are still present? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** animal, jackal, cubs · **What happens:** be, deceive, pretend · **To what, where:** jackal This is exam question 1 of lesson 1668 «Bassoto Tales, The Nyamatsane, part 1: a man kills a grandmother nyamatsane, tricks her family, and flings a stone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1668-pg5615-part57/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1668-pg5615-part57:e1:1 # text = Which animal is the jackal deceiving when he pretends that the cubs are still present? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 jackal jackal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 deceiving deceive VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 9 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 pretends pretend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 cubs cub NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 13 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 still still ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | which animal | the jackal | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **deceive** | gerund | the jackal *not said here* | | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **pretend** | present | animal | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | the cubs | | | | still | present *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} the jackal ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1668-pg5615-part57:e1:o1:1 # text = the jackal 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 jackal jackal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the panther and the baboon together ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1668-pg5615-part57:e1:o2:1 # text = the panther and the baboon together 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 panther panther NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 baboon baboon NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 6 together together ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the baboon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1668-pg5615-part57:e1:o3:1 # text = the baboon 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 baboon baboon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} the panther ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1668-pg5615-part57:e1:o4:1 # text = the panther 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 panther panther NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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