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title: Looking back: Tegumai's daughter is called «Best Beloved» here. Whom… — Just So Stories, How the First Letter… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: Tegumai's daughter is called «Best Beloved» here. Whom does Kipling call «O Best Beloved» all through the book? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 84 «Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 1: a broken spear and a picture on birch-bark» of the books course of Mova's primary school,
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# Test 11 · ★ · Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 1:…

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Looking back: Tegumai's daughter is called «Best Beloved» here. Whom does Kipling call «O Best Beloved» all through the book?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Looking, Kipling · **What happens:** look back, call · **To what, where:** daughter, book · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 84 «Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 1: a broken spear and a picture on birch-bark» 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/84-justso-first-letter-1-a-broken-spear/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: Tegumai's daughter is called «Best Beloved» here.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:84-justso-first-letter-1-a-broken-spear:t11:1
# text = Looking back: Tegumai's daughter is called «Best Beloved» here.
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	csubj:pass	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
4	Tegumai	Tegumai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	amod	_	_
11	Beloved	Beloved	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  | Tegumai's daughter |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **call** *speech: assert* | present · passive | Looking |  |  | here |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V» |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Whom does Kipling call «O Best Beloved» all through the book?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:84-justso-first-letter-1-a-broken-spear:t11:2
# text = Whom does Kipling call «O Best Beloved» all through the book?
1	Whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Kipling	Kipling	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	8	vocative	_	_
7	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	Beloved	Beloved	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	all	all	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	through	through	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | Kipling |  |  | the book |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The child listening to the stories told by the storyteller in the cave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:84-justso-first-letter-1-a-broken-spear:t11:o1:1
# text = The child listening to the stories told by the storyteller in the cave
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	listening	listen	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	storyteller	storyteller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **listen** | gerund | the child *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the stories | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to story=Theme |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | participle |  | the stories *not said here* |  |  |  | by the storyteller in the cave | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Every child who has ever sat on a parent's knee and listened to a story

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:84-justso-first-letter-1-a-broken-spear:t11:o2:1
# text = Every child who has ever sat on a parent's knee and listened to a story
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
6	sat	sit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	knee	knee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
13	listened	listen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | present · perfect | every child |  |  | a parent's knee | ever |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on knee=Location |
| 2 | **listen** | past | every child |  |  |  |  | to a story | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to story=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The small child on the knee

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:84-justso-first-letter-1-a-broken-spear:t11:o3:1
# text = The small child on the knee
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	knee	knee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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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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The child listening to the stories

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:84-justso-first-letter-1-a-broken-spear:t11:o4:1
# text = The child listening to the stories
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	listening	listen	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **listen** | gerund | the child *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the stories | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to story=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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