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title: fr, the jackal said sting her well, so the bees were on her side? — Bassoto Tales, The Nyamatsane, part 1:… · tree and pragmatics
description: fr, the jackal said sting her well, so the bees were on her side? Test 6 · ★ 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 th
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# Test 6 · ★ · Bassoto Tales, The Nyamatsane, part 1: a man kills a grand…

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fr, the jackal said sting her well, so the bees were on her side?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fr, bees · **What happens:** say, sting, be · **To what, where:** jackal, side · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1668-pg5615-part57:t6:1
# text = fr, the jackal said sting her well, so the bees were on her side?
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	jackal	jackal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	sting	sting	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
13	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | fr and the jackal |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **sting** | infinitive |  | jackal |  |  |  | well *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | past | the bees |  |  | jackal's side |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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Yep.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1668-pg5615-part57:t6:o1:1
# text = Yep.
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yep, they stung her hard.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1668-pg5615-part57:t6:o2:1
# text = Yep, they stung her hard.
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stung	sting	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sting** | past | they | her hard |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hard=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yep, they chased her away.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1668-pg5615-part57:t6:o3:1
# text = Yep, they chased her away.
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	chased	chase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase away** | past | they | her *= she* |  |  |  | away *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nope, not at all.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1668-pg5615-part57:t6:o4:1
# text = Nope, not at all.
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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