Test 1 · ★★ · Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 2: yo, so…

Finn: «Taffy guessed shu-ya cos she saw it raining, that's mid.» (mid = so-so) Is that fair?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Finn, Taffy, cos, that · What happens: guess, see, rain, be · To what, where: shu ya cos, cos

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 88 «Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 2: yo, so, sho, shi, and shu-ya, the sky-water» 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: Finn: «Taffy guessed shu-ya cos she saw it raining, that's mid.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Finn	Finn	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 guessed	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Finn	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 guessed	punct
4	Taffy	Taffy	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 guessed	nsubj
5	guessed	guess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	shu	shu	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cos	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 shu	punct
8	ya	ya	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cos	compound
9	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 guessed	obj
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 saw	nsubj
11	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 cos	acl:relcl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 saw	obj
13	raining	rain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 saw	xcomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 mid	punct
15	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 mid	nsubj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 mid	cop
17	mid	mid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 raining	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 guessed	punct
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 guessed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	guess in a quote	past	Finn	shu ya cos		vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cos=Theme
2	see in a quote	past	Taffy	cos		tree rules
3	rain in a quote	gerund	cos not said here			vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»
4	is in a quote	present	that		mid 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: (mid = so-so) Is that fair?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 mid	punct
2	mid	mid	X	_	10 fair	compound
3	=	=	SYM	_	2 mid	punct
4	so	so	ADV	_	2 mid	advmod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 mid	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	2 mid	advmod
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 mid	punct
8	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 fair	cop
9	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 fair	nsubj
10	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 fair	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that					fair property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

No: she read it sign by sign first, and the raindrop only made her sure

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 read	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 read	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 read	nsubj
4	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 read	obj
6	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 read	obj
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 sign	case
8	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sign	nmod
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 read	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 made	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 made	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 raindrop	det
13	raindrop	raindrop	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 made	nsubj
14	only	only	ADV	_	15 made	advmod
15	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 read	conj
16	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 made	obj
17	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 made	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	read	past	she	it	first property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient sign=Topic
2	make	past	the raindrop	her = she	sure property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset she=Product
3	sign		sign			nom sign «communication transitive»: by=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Not really: the rain told her the word before she read it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 really	advmod
2	really	really	ADV	_	6 told	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 told	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rain	det
5	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	nsubj
6	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 told	iobj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 word	det
9	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	obj
10	before	before	SCONJ	_	12 read	mark
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 read	nsubj
12	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 told	advcl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 read	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	the rain	the word	her = she				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient word=Topic
2	read	past	rain	word					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 3

No: she read it sign by sign first, and the raindrop only made her sure of what the signs already said to her

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 read	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 read	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 read	nsubj
4	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 read	obj
6	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 read	obj
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 sign	case
8	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sign	nmod
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 read	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 made	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 made	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 raindrop	det
13	raindrop	raindrop	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 made	nsubj
14	only	only	ADV	_	15 made	advmod
15	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 read	conj
16	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 made	obj
17	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 made	xcomp
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 what	case
19	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 sure	obl
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 signs	det
21	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 said	nsubj
22	already	already	ADV	_	23 said	advmod
23	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 what	acl:relcl
24	to	to	ADP	_	25 her	case
25	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 said	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	read	past	she	it		first property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient sign=Topic
2	make	past	the raindrop	her = she		sure property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset she=Product
3	say speech: assert	past	the signs		raindrop		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient
4	sign		sign				nom sign «communication transitive»: by=agent

Option 4

Yes, it is fair, because the clouds gave the whole word away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 fair	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fair	expl
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fair	cop
5	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 gave	punct
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 gave	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 clouds	det
9	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 gave	nsubj
10	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fair	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 word	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 word	amod
13	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gave	obj
14	away	away	ADV	_	10 gave	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fair property	tree rules
2	give	past	the clouds	the whole word				away property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=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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