Test 11 · ★ · Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 2:…
Looking back: who did the Stranger-man think was the great Chief «Man-who-turns-his-back-on-callers»?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: man think, Man · What happens: look back, do, be, turn · To what, where: great Chief, back callers
This is test 11 · ★ 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 | 5 did | advcl |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Looking | advmod |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Looking | punct |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 did | nsubj |
| 5 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 think | det |
| 7 | Stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 man | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 Stranger | punct |
| 9 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 think | compound |
| 10 | think | think | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 Chief | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 Chief | cop |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Chief | det |
| 13 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 Chief | amod |
| 14 | Chief | Chief | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 did | parataxis |
| 15 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 16 Man | punct |
| 16 | Man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 Chief | conj |
| 17 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 16 Man | punct |
| 18 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 turns | nsubj |
| 19 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 18 who | punct |
| 20 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 Man | acl:relcl |
| 21 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 20 turns | punct |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 callers | nmod:poss |
| 23 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 22 his | punct |
| 24 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 callers | compound |
| 25 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 28 callers | punct |
| 26 | on | on | ADP | _ | 28 callers | case |
| 27 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 26 on | punct |
| 28 | callers | caller | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 turns | obj |
| 29 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 28 callers | punct |
| 30 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look back | gerund | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||||
| 2 | do | past | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | is a | past | the man think | the great Chief and Man | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | turn in a quote | present | Man | Man's back callers | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent caller=Theme |
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, busy mending his spear
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tegumai | Tegumai | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 busy | punct |
| 3 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Tegumai | amod |
| 4 | mending | mend | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 busy | advcl |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 spear | nmod:poss |
| 6 | spear | spear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mending | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mend | gerund | Tegumai's spear | tree rules |
Option 2
Teshumai, busy with her lunch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teshumai | Teshumai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 busy | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Teshumai | punct |
| 3 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 lunch | amod |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 her | case |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 busy | obl |
| 6 | lunch | lunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Tegumai, who was busy mending his spear by the river while Taffy drew pictures
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tegumai | Tegumai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 drew | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 busy | punct |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 busy | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 busy | cop |
| 5 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Tegumai | amod |
| 6 | mending | mend | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 busy | advcl |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 spear | nmod:poss |
| 8 | spear | spear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mending | obj |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 river | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 river | det |
| 11 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mending | obl |
| 12 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 14 drew | mark |
| 13 | Taffy | Taffy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 drew | nsubj |
| 14 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | pictures | picture | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 drew | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Tegumai | busy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | mend | gerund | Tegumai not said here | Tegumai's spear | by the river | tree rules | |||
| 3 | draw | past | Tegumai | pictures | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picture=Theme |
Option 4
Tegumai, the Head Chief, who was busy mending his broken spear beside the Cave fire
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tegumai | Tegumai | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Chief | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Chief | det |
| 4 | Head | Head | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Chief | compound |
| 5 | Chief | Chief | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Tegumai | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 busy | punct |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 busy | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 busy | cop |
| 9 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Tegumai | parataxis |
| 10 | mending | mend | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 busy | advcl |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 spear | nmod:poss |
| 12 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 spear | amod |
| 13 | spear | spear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 mending | obj |
| 14 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 17 fire | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 fire | det |
| 16 | Cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 fire | compound |
| 17 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 mending | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Tegumai and the Head Chief | busy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | mend | gerund | Tegumai and the Head Chief not said here | his broken spear | the Cave fire | tree rules | |||
| 3 | break | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
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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