Exam question 3 · Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 3: «the A…

It is given that the T-sound was represented by a family group. Select the response most consistent with the subsequent development of that sign.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: family group, you · What happens: give, represent, select, develop · To what, where: It, T sound, response, sign

This is exam question 3 of lesson 89 «Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 3: «the Alphabet, all complete», and how letters really began» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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: It is given that the T-sound was represented by a family group.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 represented	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sound	det
6	T	t	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sound	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 T	punct
8	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 represented	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 represented	aux:pass
10	represented	represent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
11	by	by	ADP	_	14 group	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 group	det
13	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 group	compound
14	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 represented	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	represent	past · passive	a family group	the T sound					vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme

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: Select the response most consistent with the subsequent development of that sign.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 consistent	advmod
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 development	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 development	det
8	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 development	amod
9	development	development	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consistent	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 sign	case
11	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 sign	det
12	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 development	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	develop			that sign					nom development «act transitive»: of=patient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

A round snake with arms folded tight across its body

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 snake	det
2	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 snake	amod
3	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 arms	case
5	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 snake	nmod
6	folded	fold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 arms	acl
7	tight	tight	ADV	_	6 folded	advmod
8	across	across	ADP	_	10 body	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 body	nmod:poss
10	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 folded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fold	participle		arms not said here		snake's body		tight property	vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It became a thin figure of Tegumai with his arms outstretched

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 figure	det
4	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 figure	amod
5	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 became	xcomp
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Tegumai	case
7	Tegumai	Tegumai	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 figure	nmod
8	with	with	SCONJ	_	11 outstretched	mark
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 arms	nmod:poss
10	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 outstretched	nsubj
11	outstretched	outstretch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 became	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	become	past	It	a thin figure of Tegumai	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	outstretch	past	Tegumai's arms		tree rules
3	figure			Tegumai	nom figure «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

It became a thin figure of Tegumai with his arms outstretched, drawn many times over on the cave wall

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 figure	det
4	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 figure	amod
5	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 became	xcomp
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Tegumai	case
7	Tegumai	Tegumai	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 figure	nmod
8	with	with	SCONJ	_	11 outstretched	mark
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 arms	nmod:poss
10	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 outstretched	nsubj
11	outstretched	outstretch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 became	advcl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 drawn	punct
13	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 became	conj
14	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 times	amod
15	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 drawn	obl:unmarked
16	over	over	ADV	_	13 drawn	advmod
17	on	on	ADP	_	20 wall	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 wall	det
19	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 wall	compound
20	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 drawn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	It	a thin figure of Tegumai				vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	outstretch	past	Tegumai's arms					tree rules
3	draw over	participle			the cave wall	time	over property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on wall=Destination
4	figure			Tegumai				nom figure «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

It became a thin figure of Tegumai with his arms outstretched, and then the family group came back again

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 figure	det
4	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 figure	amod
5	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 became	xcomp
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Tegumai	case
7	Tegumai	Tegumai	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 figure	nmod
8	with	with	SCONJ	_	11 outstretched	mark
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 arms	nmod:poss
10	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 outstretched	nsubj
11	outstretched	outstretch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 became	advcl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 came	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 came	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 came	advmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 group	det
16	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 group	compound
17	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 came	nsubj
18	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 became	conj
19	back	back	ADV	_	18 came	advmod
20	again	again	ADV	_	18 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	become	past	It	a thin figure of Tegumai		vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	outstretch	past	Tegumai's arms			tree rules
3	come back	past	the family group		then; again	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	figure			Tegumai		nom figure «communication transitive»: of=patient

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