Test 3 · ★ · Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 1: a carp…
Tegumai says perches and trouts haven't got feelers. Why does that matter to a sign?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Tegumai, perches, that · What happens: say, not get, matter · To what, where: feelers · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 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. 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: Tegumai says perches and trouts haven't got feelers.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tegumai | Tegumai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | perches | perch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 got | nsubj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 trouts | cc |
| 5 | trouts | trout | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 perches | conj |
| 6 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 got | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 got | advmod |
| 8 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 says | ccomp |
| 9 | feelers | feeler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 got | obj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Tegumai | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not get | present · perfect | perches and trouts | feelers | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer feeler=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.
Sentence 2: Why does that matter to a sign?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 matter | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 matter | aux |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 matter | nsubj |
| 4 | matter | matter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 sign | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 sign | det |
| 7 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 matter | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 matter | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | matter | present · do-support | that | to a sign | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to sign=Experiencer |
The options
Option 1
A carp's feeler is too hard to draw on bark
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 carp | det |
| 2 | carp | carp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 feeler | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 carp | case |
| 4 | feeler | feeler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hard | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 hard | cop |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 7 hard | advmod |
| 7 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 draw | mark |
| 9 | draw | draw | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 hard | xcomp |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 bark | case |
| 11 | bark | bark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 draw | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a carp's feeler | hard property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | draw | to-infinitive | a carp's feeler not said here | bark | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on bark=Destination |
Option 2
Feelers make a fish look like a crab to Daddy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feelers | feeler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 make | nsubj |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 fish | det |
| 4 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 look | nsubj |
| 5 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 make | xcomp |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 crab | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 crab | det |
| 8 | crab | crab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 look | obl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 Daddy | case |
| 10 | Daddy | Daddy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 crab | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Feelers | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | look | present | a fish | like a crab to Daddy | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Feelers make the sign too long
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feelers | feeler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 make | nsubj |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sign | det |
| 4 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 make | obj |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 long | advmod |
| 6 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 make | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Feelers | the sign | long property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sign=Product |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A sign must be clear and not get mixed up with others
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 sign | det |
| 2 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 clear | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 clear | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 clear | cop |
| 5 | clear | clear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 mixed | cc |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 mixed | advmod |
| 8 | get | get | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 mixed | aux:pass |
| 9 | mixed | mix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 clear | conj |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 mixed | compound:prt |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 others | case |
| 12 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 mixed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | must | a sign | clear property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not mix up | infinitive · passive | a sign not said here | with others | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: with other=Co-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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