--- title: Ascertain the name proposed by Mother Jaguar for the creature that w… — Just So Stories, The Beginning of the… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the name proposed by Mother Jaguar for the creature that was «a little bit of both». Exam question 2 of lesson 83 «Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 2: swimming lessons, curling lessons, and a new name» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo/e2/) [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/83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 2:… Ascertain the name proposed by Mother Jaguar for the creature that was «a little bit of both». **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, creature · **What happens:** ascertain, propose, be · **To what, where:** name, little bit This is exam question 2 of lesson 83 «Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 2: swimming lessons, curling lessons, and a new name» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo:e2:1 # text = Ascertain the name proposed by Mother Jaguar for the creature that was «a little bit of both». 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 proposed propose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 Mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Jaguar Jaguar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 13 « « PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 acl:relcl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 » » PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the name | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic | | 2 | **propose** | participle | | the name *not said here* | | | | by Mother Jaguar; for the creature | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | the creature | a little bit | | | | of both | tree rules | 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 {#o1} Tortihog ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo:e2:o1:1 # text = Tortihog 1 Tortihog Tortihog PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Tort ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo:e2:o2:1 # text = Tort 1 Tort tort NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Hedgehog-Tortoise ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo:e2:o3:1 # text = Hedgehog-Tortoise 1 Hedgehog Hedgehog PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Tortoise Tortoise PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Armadillo ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo:e2:o4:1 # text = Armadillo 1 Armadillo Armadillo 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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