Test 10 · ★★ · Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 2: yo, so…
Looking back: the Tribe thought Taffy's picture showed Tegumai being speared. What does Tegumai joke here?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Tribe, picture, Tegumai · What happens: look back, think, show, spear, joke · To what, where: Tegumai · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★★ 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: Looking back: the Tribe thought Taffy's picture showed Tegumai being speared.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 thought | advcl |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Looking | advmod |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Looking | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Tribe | det |
| 5 | Tribe | Tribe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 thought | nsubj |
| 6 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | Taffy | Taffy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 picture | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 Taffy | case |
| 9 | picture | picture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 showed | nsubj |
| 10 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 thought | ccomp |
| 11 | Tegumai | Tegumai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 speared | nsubj |
| 12 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 speared | aux:pass |
| 13 | speared | spear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 showed | ccomp |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 thought | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look back | gerund | the Tribe not said here | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | think speech: other | past | the Tribe | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | show | past | Taffy's picture | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | spear | gerund · passive | Tegumai | vn carve-21.2-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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 Tegumai joke here?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 joke | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 joke | aux |
| 3 | Tegumai | Tegumai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 joke | nsubj |
| 4 | joke | joke | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 joke | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 joke | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | joke speech: other | present · do-support | Tegumai | here | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
«Even Mummy couldn't mistake that for me being killed»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 mistake | punct |
| 2 | Even | even | ADV | _ | 3 Mummy | advmod |
| 3 | Mummy | Mummy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 mistake | nsubj |
| 4 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 mistake | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 mistake | advmod |
| 6 | mistake | mistake | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 mistake | obj |
| 8 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 11 killed | mark |
| 9 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 killed | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 killed | aux:pass |
| 11 | killed | kill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 mistake | advcl |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 mistake | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not mistake in a quote | could | Mummy | that | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | kill in a quote | gerund · passive | me | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
«Mummy would never think I'd been speared»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 think | punct |
| 2 | Mummy | mummy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 think | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 think | aux |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 think | advmod |
| 5 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 speared | nsubj |
| 7 | 'd | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 speared | aux |
| 8 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 speared | aux:pass |
| 9 | speared | spear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 think | ccomp |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 think | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not think speech: other in a quote | would | Mummy | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | spear in a quote | past · perfect · passive | Mummy | vn carve-21.2-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3
«Nobody would believe such a silly drawing»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 believe | punct |
| 2 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 believe | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 believe | aux |
| 4 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 drawing | det:predet |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 drawing | det |
| 7 | silly | silly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 drawing | amod |
| 8 | drawing | drawing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 believe | obj |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 believe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe in a quote | would | Nobody | such silly drawing | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer drawing=Stimulus |
Option 4
«Ha, not me»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 me | punct |
| 2 | Ha | ha | INTJ | _ | 5 me | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 me | punct |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 me | advmod |
| 5 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | root | root |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 me | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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