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Exam question 3 · Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 1: a carp…

It is given that Tegumai uttered «Ssh!» while thinking. Select the response most consistent with the sign adopted.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Tegumai, you · What happens: give, utter, think, select, adopt · To what, where: It, Ssh, response, sign

This is exam question 3 of lesson 87 «Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 1: a carp-fish's mouth, a tail, an egg and a snake» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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

Sentence 1: It is given that Tegumai uttered «Ssh!» while thinking.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 uttered	mark
5	Tegumai	Tegumai	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 uttered	nsubj
6	uttered	utter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 Ssh	punct
8	Ssh	Ssh	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 uttered	obj
9	!	!	PUNCT	_	8 Ssh	punct
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 Ssh	punct
11	while	while	SCONJ	_	12 thinking	mark
12	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 uttered	advcl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	utter speech: other	past	Tegumai	Ssh					vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ssh=Topic
3	think speech: other	gerund	Tegumai not said here						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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.

Sentence 2: Select the response most consistent with the sign adopted.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 consistent	advmod
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 sign	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sign	det
8	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consistent	obl
9	adopted	adopt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 sign	acl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	adopt	participle		the sign not said here					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

A bee, because bees buzz by the cave door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bee	det
2	bee	bee	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 buzz	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 buzz	mark
5	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 buzz	nsubj
6	buzz	buzz	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 bee	acl:relcl
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 door	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 door	det
9	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 door	compound
10	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 buzz	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buzz	present	bees	a bee not said here				by the cave door	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bee=Theme

Option 2

A fish, since fish splash in the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 fish	det
2	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 splash	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 fish	punct
4	since	since	ADP	_	5 fish	case
5	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fish	nmod
6	splash	splash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 water	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 water	det
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 splash	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	splash	present	a fish since fish			the water			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location

Option 3

A bear, since bears growl in the deep woods

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bear	det
2	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 growl	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 bear	punct
4	since	since	ADP	_	5 bears	case
5	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bear	nmod
6	growl	growl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 woods	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 woods	det
9	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 woods	amod
10	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 growl	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	growl	present	a bear since bears					in the deep woods	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in wood=Theme

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

A snake, being the creature that makes such a noise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 snake	det
2	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 creature	punct
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 creature	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 creature	det
6	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 snake	appos
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 makes	nsubj
8	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 creature	acl:relcl
9	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	11 noise	det:predet
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 noise	det
11	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 makes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	gerund		the creature					tree rules
2	make	present	the creature	such noise					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset noise=Product

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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