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title: Which relative of the youngest son is recorded as having first warne… — Swahili Tales, The Nunda: the sultan's… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which relative of the youngest son is recorded as having first warned him about the appearance of the beast? Exam question 2 of lesson 1795 «Swahili Tales, The Nunda: the sultan's cat devours his people, and his youngest son sets out to slay it» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the
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# Exam question 2 · Swahili Tales, The Nunda: the sultan's cat devours his peo…

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Which relative of the youngest son is recorded as having first warned him about the appearance of the beast?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** having · **What happens:** record, have, warn · **To what, where:** relative, him · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1795 «Swahili Tales, The Nunda: the sultan's cat devours his people, and his youngest son sets out to slay it» 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/1795-pg641-part46/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1795-pg641-part46:e2:1
# text = Which relative of the youngest son is recorded as having first warned him about the appearance of the beast?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	relative	relative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	csubj	_	_
11	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	advmod	_	_
12	warned	warn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	about	about	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **record** | present · passive |  | which relative of the youngest son |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | having |  | him *= he* |  |  | about the appearance of the beast | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient about appearance=Topic |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The old slave who guarded the house gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1795-pg641-part46:e2:o1:1
# text = The old slave who guarded the house gate
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	slave	slave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	guarded	guard	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guard** | past | the old slave | the house gate |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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His brother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1795-pg641-part46:e2:o2:1
# text = His brother
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The eldest of his six brothers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1795-pg641-part46:e2:o3:1
# text = The eldest of his six brothers
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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His mother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1795-pg641-part46:e2:o4:1
# text = His mother
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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