Test 15 · ★★ · Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 2: yo, so…

★★★ Taffy reads «snake, pole, broken egg, carp-tail and carp-mouth». How many signs is that, and how many sounds does «shu-ya» have?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, many sounds · What happens: read, break, be, have · To what, where: snake, that

This is test 15 · ★★ 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: ★★★ Taffy reads «snake, pole, broken egg, carp-tail and carp-mouth».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 reads	nsubj
2	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
3	★	★	PUNCT	_	1 ★	punct
4	Taffy	Taffy	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 reads	nsubj
5	reads	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 snake	punct
7	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reads	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 pole	punct
9	pole	pole	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 snake	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 egg	punct
11	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 egg	amod
12	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 snake	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 tail	punct
14	carp	carp	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 tail	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 carp	punct
16	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 snake	conj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 mouth	cc
18	carp	carp	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 mouth	compound
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 carp	punct
20	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 snake	conj
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 snake	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 reads	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	present	★	snake and pole and broken egg and carp tail and carp mouth					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snake=Topic
2	break in a quote	participle							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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: How many signs is that, and how many sounds does «shu-ya» have?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 many	advmod
2	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 signs	amod
3	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 that	cop
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 signs	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 have	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 have	cc
8	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	9 many	advmod
9	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 sounds	amod
10	sounds	sound	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 have	nsubj
11	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 have	aux
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 ya	punct
13	shu	shu	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 ya	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 ya	punct
15	ya	ya	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 have	nsubj
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 ya	punct
17	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 signs	conj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 signs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		that					tree rules
2	have	present · do-support	many sounds						vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Six signs in all: snake, pole, broken egg, carp-tail, carp-mouth, and the thin egg for the oo sound of the word

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 signs	nummod
2	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 all	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 signs	nmod
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 snake	punct
6	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 signs	appos
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 pole	punct
8	pole	pole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 snake	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 egg	punct
10	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 egg	amod
11	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 snake	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 tail	punct
13	carp	carp	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 tail	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 carp	punct
15	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 snake	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 mouth	punct
17	carp	carp	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 mouth	compound
18	-	-	PUNCT	_	17 carp	punct
19	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 snake	conj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 egg	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 egg	cc
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 egg	det
23	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 egg	amod
24	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 signs	conj
25	for	for	ADP	_	28 sound	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 sound	det
27	oo	oo	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 sound	amod
28	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 egg	nmod
29	of	of	ADP	_	31 word	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 word	det
31	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 sound	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	participle							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Five signs: snake and pole for sh, then oo, y, ah, and s

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 signs	nummod
2	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 snake	punct
4	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 signs	appos
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 pole	cc
6	pole	pole	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 snake	conj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 sh	case
8	sh	sh	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 snake	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 oo	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 oo	advmod
11	oo	oo	ADV	_	2 signs	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 y	punct
13	y	y	INTJ	_	2 signs	discourse
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 ah	punct
15	ah	ah	INTJ	_	2 signs	discourse
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 s	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 s	cc
18	s	s	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 signs	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Five signs: snake and pole together for sh, then oo, y and ah

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 signs	nummod
2	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 snake	punct
4	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 signs	appos
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 pole	cc
6	pole	pole	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 snake	conj
7	together	together	ADV	_	4 snake	advmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 sh	case
9	sh	sh	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 snake	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 oo	punct
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 oo	advmod
12	oo	oo	ADV	_	2 signs	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 y	punct
14	y	y	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 signs	conj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	2 signs	cc
16	ah	ah	INTJ	_	2 signs	discourse

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Four signs: snake alone for sh, then oo, y and ah

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 signs	nummod
2	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 snake	punct
4	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 signs	appos
5	alone	alone	ADV	_	4 snake	advmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 sh	case
7	sh	sh	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 snake	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 oo	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 oo	advmod
10	oo	oo	ADV	_	2 signs	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 y	punct
12	y	y	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 signs	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	2 signs	cc
14	ah	ah	INTJ	_	2 signs	discourse

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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