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title: Identify the activity in which Teshumai Tewindrow was engaged upon t… — Just So Stories, How the First Letter… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the activity in which Teshumai Tewindrow was engaged upon the arrival of the Stranger-man. Exam question 1 of lesson 85 «Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 2: the picture goes wrong and the whole Tribe comes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depend
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# Exam question 1 · Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 2:…

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Identify the activity in which Teshumai Tewindrow was engaged upon the arrival of the Stranger-man.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Stranger man · **What happens:** identify, engage, arrive · **To what, where:** activity, Teshumai

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 85 «Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 2: the picture goes wrong and the whole Tribe comes» 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/85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:e1:1
# text = Identify the activity in which Teshumai Tewindrow was engaged upon the arrival of the Stranger-man.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	activity	activity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
6	Teshumai	Teshumai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	Tewindrow	Tewindrow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	engaged	engage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	arrival	arrival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	Stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the activity |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent activity=Theme |
| 2 | **engage** | past · passive |  | Teshumai |  | the activity |  | upon the arrival of the Stranger man | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme in which=Goal |
| 3 | **arrive** |  | the Stranger man |  |  |  |  |  | nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Entertaining other Neolithic ladies at lunch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:e1:o1:1
# text = Entertaining other Neolithic ladies at lunch
1	Entertaining	entertain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	Neolithic	neolithic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	ladies	lady	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **entertain** | gerund |  | other Neolithic ladies |  | lunch |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus lady=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Entertaining other Neolithic ladies at lunch while the Tribe was busy by the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:e1:o2:1
# text = Entertaining other Neolithic ladies at lunch while the Tribe was busy by the river
1	Entertaining	entertain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	csubj	_	_
2	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	Neolithic	neolithic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	ladies	lady	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Tribe	Tribe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **entertain** | gerund |  | other Neolithic ladies |  | lunch |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus lady=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | past | the Tribe |  |  |  |  | by the river; busy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Entertaining several other Neolithic ladies at a lunch party inside her Cave with the Tribe

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:e1:o3:1
# text = Entertaining several other Neolithic ladies at a lunch party inside her Cave with the Tribe
1	Entertaining	entertain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	Neolithic	neolithic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ladies	lady	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
10	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	Cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Tribe	Tribe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **entertain** | gerund |  | several other Neolithic ladies |  | a lunch party inside her Cave with the Tribe |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus lady=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Sitting in the swamp drawing beavers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:e1:o4:1
# text = Sitting in the swamp drawing beavers
1	Sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	swamp	swamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	drawing	drawing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	beavers	beaver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | in the drawing beavers | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in beaver=Location |

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