Test 16 · ★★ · Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 3: «the A…

★★★ Careful: «Ya-las» was chalked on the tank. Which signs from the story would spell it, in order?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: signs · What happens: chalk, spell · To what, where: ★, tank, story

This is test 16 · ★★ 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. 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: ★★★ Careful: «Ya-las» was chalked on the tank.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 chalked	nsubj:pass
2	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
3	★	★	ADP	_	4 Careful	case
4	Careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 ★	nmod
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 las	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 las	punct
7	Ya	Ya	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 las	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 las	punct
9	las	la	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 ★	appos
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 las	punct
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 chalked	aux:pass
12	chalked	chalk	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 tank	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 tank	det
15	tank	tank	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 chalked	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 chalked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chalk	past · passive		★ ★ Careful		the tank			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on tank=Destination

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: Which signs from the story would spell it, in order?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 signs	det
2	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 spell	nsubj
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 story	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 story	det
5	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 signs	nmod
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 spell	aux
7	spell	spell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 spell	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 order	punct
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 order	case
11	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spell	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 spell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spell	would	which signs from the story	story					vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme order=Manner

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Carp-tail, carp-mouth, broken-spear la, carp-mouth, snake, then the shut-mouth mum sign

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carp	carp	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tail	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Carp	punct
3	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 mouth	punct
5	carp	carp	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mouth	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 carp	punct
7	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tail	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 la	punct
9	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 la	amod
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 broken	punct
11	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 la	compound
12	la	la	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tail	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 mouth	punct
14	carp	carp	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 mouth	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 carp	punct
16	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 la	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 snake	punct
18	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tail	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 sign	punct
20	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	26 sign	advmod
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 mouth	det
22	shut	shut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 mouth	amod
23	-	-	PUNCT	_	22 shut	punct
24	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 sign	nsubj
25	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 sign	compound
26	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tail	conj

#	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
2	sign		the shut mouth				then		tree rules

Option 2

Carp-tail, carp-mouth, broken-spear la, carp-mouth, snake, and a rain sign at the end

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carp	carp	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tail	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Carp	punct
3	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 mouth	punct
5	carp	carp	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mouth	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 carp	punct
7	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tail	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 la	punct
9	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 la	amod
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 broken	punct
11	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 la	compound
12	la	la	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tail	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 mouth	punct
14	carp	carp	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 mouth	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 carp	punct
16	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 la	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 snake	punct
18	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 la	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 sign	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 sign	cc
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 sign	det
22	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 sign	compound
23	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tail	conj
24	at	at	ADP	_	26 end	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 end	det
26	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 sign	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 3 · ✓ the right answer

Carp-tail, carp-mouth, broken-spear la, carp-mouth, snake

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carp	carp	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tail	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Carp	punct
3	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 mouth	punct
5	carp	carp	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mouth	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 carp	punct
7	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tail	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 la	punct
9	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 la	amod
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 broken	punct
11	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 la	compound
12	la	la	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tail	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 mouth	punct
14	carp	carp	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 mouth	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 carp	punct
16	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 la	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 snake	punct
18	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tail	conj

#	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 4

Carp-tail, carp-mouth, snake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carp	carp	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Carp	punct
3	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Carp	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 mouth	punct
5	carp	carp	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mouth	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 carp	punct
7	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Carp	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 snake	punct
9	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Carp	conj

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

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