Test 10 · ★ · Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 2:…

Looking back: in part 1, why did the Stranger-man think Taffy was a «very wonderful child»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Stranger man, Taffy · What happens: look back, think, be · To what, where: wonderful child · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 85 «Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 2: the picture goes wrong and the whole Tribe comes» 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	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 think	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 part	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 part	case
5	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
6	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 part	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 think	punct
8	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	14 think	advmod
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 think	aux
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 man	det
11	Stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 man	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 Stranger	punct
13	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 think	nsubj
14	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
15	Taffy	Taffy	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 child	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 child	cop
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 child	det
18	«	«	PUNCT	_	21 child	punct
19	very	very	ADV	_	20 wonderful	advmod
20	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 child	amod
21	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 think	ccomp
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	21 child	punct
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	the Stranger man not said here		in part	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in part=Theme
2	think speech: other	past · do-support	the Stranger man			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a in a quote	past	Taffy	a wonderful child		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

She touched his magic tooth and did not swell up or burst

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 touched	nsubj
2	touched	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 tooth	nmod:poss
4	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tooth	amod
5	tooth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 touched	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 swell	cc
7	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 swell	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 swell	advmod
9	swell	swell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 touched	conj
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 swell	compound:prt
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 burst	cc
12	burst	burst	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 swell	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	touch	past	She	his magic tooth	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tooth=Co-Theme
2	not swell up	past · do-support	She not said here		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	burst	infinitive	She not said here		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

She touched his magic tooth but looked away and ran home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 touched	nsubj
2	touched	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 tooth	nmod:poss
4	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tooth	amod
5	tooth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 touched	obj
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 looked	cc
7	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 touched	conj
8	away	away	ADV	_	7 looked	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 ran	cc
10	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 touched	conj
11	home	home	ADV	_	10 ran	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	touch	past	She	his magic tooth		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tooth=Co-Theme
2	look away	past	She not said here		away property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	run	past	She not said here		home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

She offered to carry his heavy bag up the hill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 offered	nsubj
2	offered	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 carry	mark
4	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 offered	xcomp
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 bag	nmod:poss
6	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bag	amod
7	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carry	obj
8	up	up	ADP	_	10 hill	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hill	det
10	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	past	She						tree rules
2	carry not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	his heavy bag				up the hill	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme

Option 4

She touched his magic tooth, did not swell up or burst, and also drew him a picture of the swamp

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 touched	nsubj
2	touched	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 tooth	nmod:poss
4	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tooth	amod
5	tooth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 touched	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 swell	punct
7	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 swell	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 swell	advmod
9	swell	swell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 touched	parataxis
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 swell	compound:prt
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 burst	cc
12	burst	burst	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	9 swell	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 drew	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 drew	cc
15	also	also	ADV	_	16 drew	advmod
16	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 touched	conj
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 drew	obj
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 picture	det
19	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 drew	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 swamp	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 swamp	det
22	swamp	swamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 picture	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	touch	past	She	his magic tooth		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tooth=Co-Theme
2	not swell up	past · do-support				vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	burst	infinitive				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	draw	past	She not said here		him = he	vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary picture=Result

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