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description: Looking back: which friend in part 1 said «you can scoop me out of my shell if you like», though he had no shell? Test 12 · ★ 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 
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# Test 12 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 2:…

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Looking back: which friend in part 1 said «you can scoop me out of my shell if you like», though he had no shell?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friend, you · **What happens:** look back, say, scoop, like, have · **To what, where:** friend, shell · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ 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. 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo:t12:1
# text = Looking back: which friend in part 1 said «you can scoop me out of my shell if you like», though he had no shell?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
4	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	5	det	_	_
5	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	flat	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	scoop	scoop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	_
14	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	out	out	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
19	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
20	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
24	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
25	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
26	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
27	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	28	det	_	_
28	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund | which friend in part *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | which friend in part |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **scoop** *in a quote* | can | you | which friend in part *= friend* |  | my shell |  |  | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent i=Theme out shell=Trajectory |
| 4 | **like** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 5 | **have** | past | friend | no shell |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shell=Patient |

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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}

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Stickly-Prickly Tortoise, who lived near the river and always wanted to swim

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo:t12:o1:1
# text = Stickly-Prickly Tortoise, who lived near the river and always wanted to swim
1	Stickly	stickly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Prickly	prickly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	Tortoise	tortoise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	near	near	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	13	advmod	_	_
13	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | Stickly Prickly Tortoise |  |  | the river |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near river=Location |
| 2 | **want** | past | Stickly Prickly Tortoise *not said here* |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **swim** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Stickly Prickly Tortoise *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Old Man Kangaroo

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo:t12:o2:1
# text = Old Man Kangaroo
1	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	Man	Man	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
3	Kangaroo	Kangaroo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Friendly Tortoise Shell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo:t12:o3:1
# text = Friendly Tortoise Shell
1	Friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	Tortoise	Tortoise	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Shell	Shell	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Stickly-Prickly Hedgehog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo:t12:o4:1
# text = Stickly-Prickly Hedgehog
1	Stickly	stickly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Prickly	prickly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	Hedgehog	Hedgehog	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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