Test 4 · ★ · Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 3:…

Which is TRUE at the end of this story?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: end

This is test 4 · ★ 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 TRUE	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 TRUE	cop
3	TRUE	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 end	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 end	det
6	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 TRUE	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 story	case
8	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 story	det
9	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 end	nmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 TRUE	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present					at the end of this story	true property	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

Taffy's Daddy's black-handled spear is never brought

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Taffy	Taffy	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Daddy	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Taffy	case
3	Daddy	Daddy	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 spear	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Daddy	case
5	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 handled	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 black	punct
7	handled	handle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 spear	amod
8	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 brought	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 brought	aux:pass
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 brought	advmod
11	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	handle	participle							vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	not bring	present · passive		Taffy's Daddy's handled spear					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: subject=Theme

Option 2

The Stranger-man goes home angry, with mud still in his hair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 man	det
2	Stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 man	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 Stranger	punct
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 goes	nsubj
5	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	home	home	ADV	_	5 goes	advmod
7	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 goes	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 mud	punct
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 mud	case
10	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 goes	conj
11	still	still	ADV	_	10 mud	advmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 hair	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 hair	nmod:poss
14	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 goes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	the Stranger man			man's hair		angry, home property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in hair=Location

Option 3

Tegumai catches a huge carp

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tegumai	Tegumai	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 catches	nsubj
2	catches	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 carp	det
4	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 carp	amod
5	carp	carp	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 catches	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	present	Tegumai	a huge carp					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carp=Theme

Option 4

The Tribe punishes Taffy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Tribe	det
2	Tribe	Tribe	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 punishes	nsubj
3	punishes	punish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Taffy	Taffy	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 punishes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punish	present	the Tribe	Taffy					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent taffy=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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