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title: «bloody hell, south africa's got THREE capitals?? which one's real»… — Africa: countries and capitals · tree and pragmatics
description: «bloody hell, south africa's got THREE capitals?? which one's real» Which is the best answer? Test 8 of lesson 13 «Africa: countries and capitals» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 8 · Africa: countries and capitals

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«bloody hell, south africa's got THREE capitals?? which one's real» Which is the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** south africa · **What happens:** get, be · **To what, where:** bloody hell, real best answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 of lesson 13 «Africa: countries and capitals» of the geography 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/geography/13-africa-countries-and-capitals/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:13-africa-countries-and-capitals:t8:1
# text = «bloody hell, south africa's got THREE capitals?? which one's real» Which is the best answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	bloody	bloody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hell	hell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	south	South	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	africa	africa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	THREE	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	capitals	capital	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
12	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	13	det	_	_
13	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	21	nsubj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	21	amod	_	_
21	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | present · passive | south africa | bloody hell |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer capital=Stimulus |
| 2 | **be** *speech: assert* | present |  | which one's real best answer |  |  |  |  | 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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Only Cape Town is real

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:13-africa-countries-and-capitals:t8:o1:1
# text = Only Cape Town is real
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	Cape	Cape	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Town	Town	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Cape Town |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Durban is the real one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:13-africa-countries-and-capitals:t8:o2:1
# text = Durban is the real one
1	Durban	Durban	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Durban | the real one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only Johannesburg is real

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:13-africa-countries-and-capitals:t8:o3:1
# text = Only Johannesburg is real
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	Johannesburg	Johannesburg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Johannesburg |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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All three: Pretoria for the government, Cape Town for parliament and Bloemfontein for the courts

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:13-africa-countries-and-capitals:t8:o4:1
# text = All three: Pretoria for the government, Cape Town for parliament and Bloemfontein for the courts
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
4	Pretoria	Pretoria	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	Cape	Cape	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Town	Town	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	parliament	parliament	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	Bloemfontein	Bloemfontein	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	courts	court	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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