--- title: so the man ditched the grandma's skin and ran off, yeah? — Bassoto Tales, The Nyamatsane, part 1:… · tree and pragmatics description: so the man ditched the grandma's skin and ran off, yeah? Test 10 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1668-pg5615-part57/t10/) [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/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Bassoto Tales, The Nyamatsane, part 1: a man kills a grand… so the man ditched the grandma's skin and ran off, yeah? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** man · **What happens:** ditch, run off · **To what, where:** skin This is test 10 · ★ 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. 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1668-pg5615-part57:t10:1 # text = so the man ditched the grandma's skin and ran off, yeah? 1 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 ditched ditch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 grandma grandma NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 off off ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ditch** | past | the man | the grandma's skin | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **run off** | past | the man *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} Yep, he ran as hard as he could. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1668-pg5615-part57:t10:o1:1 # text = Yep, he ran as hard as he could. 1 Yep yep INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 as as ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | he | | | | | hard *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Yep, he ran away quickly. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1668-pg5615-part57:t10:o2:1 # text = Yep, he ran away quickly. 1 Yep yep INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run away** | past | he | | | | | away, quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nope, he stayed in the hut. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1668-pg5615-part57:t10:o3:1 # text = Nope, he stayed in the hut. 1 Nope nope INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | past | he | | | the hut | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hut=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yep, he ran as hard as he could, carrying her skin. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1668-pg5615-part57:t10:o4:1 # text = Yep, he ran as hard as he could, carrying her skin. 1 Yep yep INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 as as ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | he | | | | | hard *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **carry** | gerund | he *not said here* | her skin | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Theme | **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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