--- title: What is the nature of the provision the husband carries on his journ… — Bassoto Tales, The Nyamatsane, part 1:… · tree and pragmatics description: What is the nature of the provision the husband carries on his journey? Exam question 3 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 and pragm --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1668-pg5615-part57/e3/) [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/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Bassoto Tales, The Nyamatsane, part 1: a man kills a grand… What is the nature of the provision the husband carries on his journey? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** nature, husband · **What happens:** be, carry, journey · **To what, where:** provision, journey This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1668-pg5615-part57:e3:1 # text = What is the nature of the provision the husband carries on his journey? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 provision provision NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 carries carry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the nature of the provision | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **carry** | present | the husband | the provision *not said here* | | husband's journey | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent provision=Theme | | 3 | **journey** | | husband | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} a bag of bread crusts ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1668-pg5615-part57:e3:o1:1 # text = a bag of bread crusts 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 crusts crust NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} bread ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1668-pg5615-part57:e3:o2:1 # text = bread 1 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} a sack of dried meat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1668-pg5615-part57:e3:o3:1 # text = a sack of dried meat 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 dried dry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dry** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} a stick ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1668-pg5615-part57:e3:o4:1 # text = a stick 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 stick stick 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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