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Test 4 · ★ · Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 1: a carp…

Mia, a bit nesh (feels the cold): «why'd she make the tail a separate sign? join them, it's quicker.» What does Taffy say?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: bit nesh, Mia, tail, sign, Taffy · What happens: feel, make, join, be, say · To what, where: cold, tail, them · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ 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: Mia, a bit nesh (feels the cold): «why'd she make the tail a separate sign? join them, it's quicker.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 make	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 nesh	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 nesh	det
4	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 nesh	compound
5	nesh	nesh	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mia	appos
6	(	(	PUNCT	_	7 feels	punct
7	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 nesh	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cold	det
9	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 feels	obj
10	)	)	PUNCT	_	7 feels	punct
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	16 make	punct
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 make	punct
13	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	16 make	advmod
14	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 make	aux
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 make	nsubj
16	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 tail	det
18	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 make	obj
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 sign	det
20	separate	separate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 sign	amod
21	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 make	obj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 make	punct
23	join	join	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 make	xcomp
24	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 join	obj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 quicker	punct
26	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 quicker	nsubj
27	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 quicker	cop
28	quicker	quick	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	16 make	conj
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 make	punct
30	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	present	a bit nesh not said here	the cold					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cold=Theme
2	make in a quote	would	Mia	the tail					tree rules
3	join in a quote	infinitive	the tail not said here	them = they					vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
4	is in a quote	present	sign					quick 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.

Sentence 2: What does Taffy say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 say	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	Taffy	Taffy	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · do-support	Taffy						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

Mia is right, but the tail is too long

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 long	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 long	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tail	det
7	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 long	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 long	cop
9	too	too	ADV	_	10 long	advmod
10	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 right	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Mia					right property	tree rules
2	is	present	the tail					long property	tree rules

Option 2

Mia's right, joined is quicker

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 right	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Mia	case
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 quicker	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 joined	punct
5	joined	join	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 right	conj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 quicker	cop
7	quicker	quick	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	join	participle	Mia's right not said here						vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	is	present	Mia's right					quick property	tree rules

Option 3

Joined signs look like one big muddle on the wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Joined	join	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 signs	amod
2	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 look	nsubj
3	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	like	like	ADP	_	7 muddle	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 muddle	nummod
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 muddle	amod
7	muddle	muddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 look	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 wall	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wall	det
10	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	join	participle							vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	look	present	Joined signs					like one big muddle; on the wall	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on wall=Theme

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

If they're joined she'll forget which sound is which

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	4 joined	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 joined	nsubj
3	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 joined	aux:pass
4	joined	join	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 forget	nsubj
6	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 forget	aux
7	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 joined	conj
8	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	9 sound	det
9	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 forget	obj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 which	cop
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 joined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	join	present · passive		they					vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	forget	future	she	which sound					tree rules
3	is a	present							tree rules

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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