--- title: Looking back: like Taffy, which earlier hero was always asking quest… — Just So Stories, How the First Letter… · tree and pragmatics description: Looking back: like Taffy, which earlier hero was always asking questions? Test 12 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/84-justso-first-letter-1-a-broken-spear/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, How the First Letter…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/84-justso-first-letter-1-a-broken-spear/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 1:… Looking back: like Taffy, which earlier hero was always asking questions? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Taffy, Looking · **What happens:** look back, hero, ask · **To what, where:** questions · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:84-justso-first-letter-1-a-broken-spear:t12:1 # text = Looking back: like Taffy, which earlier hero was always asking questions? 1 Looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 csubj _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Taffy Taffy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 8 earlier early ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 amod _ _ 9 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 12 advmod _ _ 12 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 13 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look back** | gerund | | | | | | like Taffy | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **hero** | | Taffy | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · progressive | Looking | questions | | | | always *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient | 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 {#o1} The Crab, who asked the Whale why ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:84-justso-first-letter-1-a-broken-spear:t12:o1:1 # text = The Crab, who asked the Whale why 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Crab Crab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Whale whale NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the Crab | | the Whale | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent whale=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Kolokolo Bird, who asked the Crocodile and the whole river about everything under the sun ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:84-justso-first-letter-1-a-broken-spear:t12:o2:1 # text = Kolokolo Bird, who asked the Crocodile and the whole river about everything under the sun 1 Kolokolo Kolokolo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 Bird Bird PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Crocodile Crocodile PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 12 about about ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 11 nmod _ _ 14 under under ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Kolokolo | | the Crocodile and the whole river about everything | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent crocodile=Recipient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The Elephant's Child, full of «'satiable curtiosity» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:84-justso-first-letter-1-a-broken-spear:t12:o3:1 # text = The Elephant's Child, full of «'satiable curtiosity» 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Elephant Elephant PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 Child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 « « PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 satiable satiable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 curtiosity curtiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The Whale, always curious about the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:84-justso-first-letter-1-a-broken-spear:t12:o4:1 # text = The Whale, always curious about the sea 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Whale whale NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 5 curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` 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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