Test 2 · ★ · Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 1:…

Why does the Stranger-man think Tegumai is a great Chief?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Stranger man, Tegumai · What happens: think, be · To what, where: great Chief · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 84 «Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 1: a broken spear and a picture on birch-bark» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 think	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 think	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 man	det
4	Stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 man	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 Stranger	punct
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 think	nsubj
7	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	Tegumai	Tegumai	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Chief	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 Chief	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 Chief	det
11	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 Chief	amod
12	Chief	Chief	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 think	ccomp
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present · do-support	the Stranger man						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	Tegumai	a great Chief					tree rules

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Tegumai never turns round or notices him, as if too grand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tegumai	Tegumai	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 turns	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 turns	advmod
3	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	round	round	ADV	_	3 turns	advmod
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 notices	cc
6	notices	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 turns	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 notices	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 grand	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 grand	mark
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 grand	mark
11	too	too	ADV	_	12 grand	advmod
12	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 turns	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not turn round	present	Tegumai					round property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	notice	present	Tegumai not said here	Tegumai					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

Option 2

Tegumai never turns round or notices him, and he orders all his people to build a great hall of stone

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tegumai	Tegumai	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 turns	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 turns	advmod
3	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	round	round	ADV	_	3 turns	advmod
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 notices	cc
6	notices	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 turns	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 notices	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 orders	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 orders	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 orders	nsubj
11	orders	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 turns	conj
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 people	det:predet
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 people	nmod:poss
14	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 orders	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 build	mark
16	build	build	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 orders	advcl
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 hall	det
18	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 hall	amod
19	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 build	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 stone	case
21	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 hall	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	not turn round	present	Tegumai			round property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	notice	present	Tegumai not said here	Tegumai			vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
3	order	present	Tegumai		Tegumai's people		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme
4	build	to-infinitive	Tegumai not said here	a great hall of stone			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hall=Product

Option 3

Tegumai ignores him, as if he is too proud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tegumai	Tegumai	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 ignores	nsubj
2	ignores	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ignores	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 ignores	punct
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 proud	mark
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 proud	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 proud	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 proud	cop
9	too	too	ADV	_	10 proud	advmod
10	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 ignores	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	present	Tegumai	him = he					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	is	present	Tegumai					proud property	tree rules

Option 4

Tegumai never turns round or notices him at all, as if he were too grand to see a stranger on the bank

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tegumai	Tegumai	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 turns	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 turns	advmod
3	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	round	round	ADV	_	3 turns	advmod
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 notices	cc
6	notices	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 turns	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 notices	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 notices	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 grand	punct
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 grand	mark
12	if	if	SCONJ	_	16 grand	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 grand	nsubj
14	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 grand	cop
15	too	too	ADV	_	16 grand	advmod
16	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 turns	conj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 see	mark
18	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 grand	xcomp
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 stranger	det
20	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 see	obj
21	on	on	ADP	_	23 bank	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 bank	det
23	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 stranger	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not turn round	present	Tegumai			round property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	notice	present	Tegumai not said here	Tegumai	all		vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
3	is a condition, not said to happen	past	Tegumai			grand property	tree rules
4	see	to-infinitive	Tegumai not said here	a stranger	the bank		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stranger=Stimulus

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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