--- title: What is the effect of the baboon's action upon the bees in the cleft… — Bassoto Tales, The Nyamatsane, part 1:… · tree and pragmatics description: What is the effect of the baboon's action upon the bees in the cleft of the rock? Exam question 2 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 tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1668-pg5615-part57/e2/) [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/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Bassoto Tales, The Nyamatsane, part 1: a man kills a grand… What is the effect of the baboon's action upon the bees in the cleft of the rock? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** baboon · **What happens:** be, act · **To what, where:** effect, cleft This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1668-pg5615-part57:e2:1 # text = What is the effect of the baboon's action upon the bees in the cleft of the rock? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 baboon baboon NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 10 upon upon ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 bees bee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 cleft cleft NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the effect | | the cleft of the rock | | of the baboon's action upon the bees | tree rules | | 2 | **act** | | the baboon | | | | | upon the bees | nom action «act intransitive»: poss=agent upon=obl | 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} they chase the baboon away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1668-pg5615-part57:e2:o1:1 # text = they chase the baboon away 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 chase chase VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 baboon baboon NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase away** | present | they | the baboon | | | | away *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baboon=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} they swarm against the panther and sting her hard ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1668-pg5615-part57:e2:o2:1 # text = they swarm against the panther and sting her hard 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 swarm swarm VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 against against ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 panther panther NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 sting sting VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swarm** | present | they | | | the panther | | | vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against panther=Location | | 2 | **sting** | infinitive | they *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | hard *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} they hide in the rock again ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1668-pg5615-part57:e2:o3:1 # text = they hide in the rock again 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hide hide VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 again again ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | present | they | | | the rock | again | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in rock=Location | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} they swarm against the panther ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1668-pg5615-part57:e2:o4:1 # text = they swarm against the panther 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 swarm swarm VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 against against ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 panther panther NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swarm** | present | they | | | the panther | | | vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against panther=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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