--- title: Looking back: in the Whale story, who gave the advice that got someo… — Just So Stories, The Beginning of the… · tree and pragmatics description: Looking back: in the Whale story, who gave the advice that got someone swallowed? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 82 «Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 1: Painted Jaguar and the muddled advice» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar/t12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Just So Stories, The Beginning of the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 1:… Looking back: in the Whale story, who gave the advice that got someone swallowed? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Whale story, advice · **What happens:** look back, give, get, swallow · **To what, where:** advice, someone This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 82 «Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 1: Painted Jaguar and the muddled advice» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t12:1 # text = Looking back: in the Whale story, who gave the advice that got someone swallowed? 1 Looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Whale whale NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 14 obj _ _ 16 swallowed swallow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look back** | gerund | | | | | | in the Whale story | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in story=Theme | | 2 | **give** | past | the Whale story | the advice | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme | | 3 | **get** | past | the advice | someone | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Stimulus | | 4 | **swallow** | participle | | | | | | | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The small 'Stute Fish ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t12:o1:1 # text = The small 'Stute Fish 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 3 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Stute Stute PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Fish Fish PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The Porpoise of the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t12:o2:1 # text = The Porpoise of the sea 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Porpoise Porpoise PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The Whale himself, who swallowed the small 'Stute Fish into the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t12:o3:1 # text = The Whale himself, who swallowed the small 'Stute Fish into the sea 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Whale whale NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 2 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 swallowed swallow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 8 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 9 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Stute Stute PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 Fish Fish PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swallow** | past | the Whale Whale | the small Stute Fish | | the sea | | | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} The Sea Serpent ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t12:o4:1 # text = The Sea Serpent 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Sea Sea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Serpent Serpent PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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. 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