--- title: It is given that in Swahili "mtoto" denotes "child" and "watoto" den… — Olympiad: real languages and codes · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that in Swahili "mtoto" denotes "child" and "watoto" denotes "children". Determine the plural of "mpishi". 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Determine the plural of "mpishi". **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mtoto, watoto, you · **What happens:** give, denote, determine · **To what, where:** It, child, children, plural This is exam question 2 of lesson 59 «Olympiad: real languages and codes» of the English 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/english/59-olympiad-real-languages-and-codes/#e2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that in Swahili "mtoto" denotes "child" and "watoto" denotes "children". ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:59-olympiad-real-languages-and-codes:e2:1 # text = It is given that in Swahili "mtoto" denotes "child" and "watoto" denotes "children". 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Swahili Swahili PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 mtoto mtoto NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 10 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 watoto watoto NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 18 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **denote** | present | mtoto | child | | | | in Swahili | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot child=Theme in swahili=Attribute | | 3 | **denote** | present | watoto | children | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot child=Topic | 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. *Sentence 2:* Determine the plural of "mpishi". ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:59-olympiad-real-languages-and-codes:e2:2 # text = Determine the plural of "mpishi". 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 plural plural NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 mpishi mpishi NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the plural of mpishi | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plural=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Mpishis ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:59-olympiad-real-languages-and-codes:e2:o1:1 # text = Mpishis 1 Mpishis Mpishis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Wampishi ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:59-olympiad-real-languages-and-codes:e2:o2:1 # text = Wampishi 1 Wampishi Wampishi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Wapishi ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:59-olympiad-real-languages-and-codes:e2:o3:1 # text = Wapishi 1 Wapishi Wapishi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Mpishi-mpishi ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:59-olympiad-real-languages-and-codes:e2:o4:1 # text = Mpishi-mpishi 1 Mpishi Mpishi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 mpishi mpishi NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 list _ _ ``` 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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