--- title: ★★★ «If she said what you said I said she said, it's just the same a… — Just So Stories, The Beginning of the… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ «If she said what you said I said she said, it's just the same as if I said what she said she said.» How many times does the word «said» appear in that sentence? Test 16 · ★ of lesson 82 «Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 1: Painted Jaguar and the muddled advice» of the book --- [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/t16/) [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/) / t16 # Test 16 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 1:… ★★★ «If she said what you said I said she said, it's just the same as if I said what she said she said.» How many times does the word «said» appear in that sentence? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★, you, I, it, many times · **What happens:** say, be, do, appear · **To what, where:** word, sentence · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 16 · ★ 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/#t16). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ «If she said what you said I said she said, it's just the same as if I said what she said she said.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t16:1 # text = ★★★ «If she said what you said I said she said, it's just the same as if I said what she said she said.» 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 If if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 18 just just ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 parataxis _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 25 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 24 obj _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | ★ | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | ★ | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | it | | | | | same *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | ★ | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | ★ | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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. *Sentence 2:* How many times does the word «said» appear in that sentence? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t16:2 # text = How many times does the word «said» appear in that sentence? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 10 appear appear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | many times | the word | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **appear** | present | many times *not said here* | | | that sentence | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sentence=Location | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Seven ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t16:o1:1 # text = Seven 1 Seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Fourteen ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t16:o2:1 # text = Fourteen 1 Fourteen fourteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Seventeen ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t16:o3:1 # text = Seventeen 1 Seventeen seventeen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Four ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:t16:o4:1 # text = Four 1 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 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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