Test 10 · ★ · Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 3:…

Looking back: in part 1, what did Taffy wish they could do to get the spear?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Taffy, they · What happens: look back, wish, do, get · To what, where: part, spear · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 86 «Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 3: «a great invention» and the road on Merrow Down» 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 part	csubj
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	root	root
6	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 part	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 wish	punct
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 wish	obj
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 wish	aux
10	Taffy	Taffy	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 wish	nsubj
11	wish	wish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 part	parataxis
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 do	nsubj
13	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 do	aux
14	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 wish	ccomp
15	to	to	PART	_	16 get	mark
16	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 do	advcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 spear	det
18	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 get	obj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 part	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	look back	gerund			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	wish	past · do-support	Taffy	part	tree rules
3	do	could	they		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	get	to-infinitive	they not said here	the spear	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spear=Stimulus

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

Shout loud enough for Mummy to hear them back at the Cave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Shout	xcomp
3	enough	enough	ADV	_	1 Shout	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 Mummy	case
5	Mummy	Mummy	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Shout	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 hear	mark
7	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Shout	advcl
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 hear	obj
9	back	back	ADV	_	7 hear	advmod
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 Cave	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Cave	det
12	Cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here					for Mummy; enough, loud property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for mummy=Recipient
2	hear back	to-infinitive	you not said here	them = they		the Cave			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

Option 2

Run very fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	very	very	ADV	_	3 fast	advmod
3	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Run	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	imperative	you not said here					fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Swim home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	home	home	ADV	_	1 Swim	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	imperative	you not said here					home property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Write, so they could send a message home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Write	write	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 send	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	6 send	advmod
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 send	nsubj
5	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 send	aux
6	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Write	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 message	det
8	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 send	obj
9	home	home	ADV	_	6 send	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	imperative	you not said here						vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	send	could	they	a message				home property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme

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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