--- title: Looking back: who did the Stranger-man think was the great Chief «Ma… — Just So Stories, How the First Letter… · tree and pragmatics description: Looking back: who did the Stranger-man think was the great Chief «Man-who-turns-his-back-on-callers»? Test 11 · ★ 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 dependen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes/t11/) [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/85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 2:… Looking back: who did the Stranger-man think was the great Chief «Man-who-turns-his-back-on-callers»? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** man think, Man · **What happens:** look back, do, be, turn · **To what, where:** great Chief, back callers This is test 11 · ★ 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. 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t11:1 # text = Looking back: who did the Stranger-man think was the great Chief «Man-who-turns-his-back-on-callers»? 1 Looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 7 Stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 think think NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 15 « « PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 callers caller NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 » » PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look back** | gerund | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past | the man think | the great Chief and Man | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **turn** *in a quote* | present | Man | Man's back callers | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent caller=Theme | 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} Tegumai, busy mending his spear ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t11:o1:1 # text = Tegumai, busy mending his spear 1 Tegumai Tegumai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 amod _ _ 4 mending mend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mend** | gerund | | Tegumai's spear | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Teshumai, busy with her lunch ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t11:o2:1 # text = Teshumai, busy with her lunch 1 Teshumai Teshumai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 lunch lunch NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Tegumai, who was busy mending his spear by the river while Taffy drew pictures ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t11:o3:1 # text = Tegumai, who was busy mending his spear by the river while Taffy drew pictures 1 Tegumai Tegumai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 amod _ _ 6 mending mend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 while while SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 Taffy Taffy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 pictures picture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Tegumai | | | | | busy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **mend** | gerund | Tegumai *not said here* | Tegumai's spear | | | | by the river | tree rules | | 3 | **draw** | past | Tegumai | pictures | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picture=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Tegumai, the Head Chief, who was busy mending his broken spear beside the Cave fire ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t11:o4:1 # text = Tegumai, the Head Chief, who was busy mending his broken spear beside the Cave fire 1 Tegumai Tegumai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 Head Head PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ 10 mending mend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 amod _ _ 13 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 beside beside ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 Cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Tegumai and the Head Chief | | | | | busy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **mend** | gerund | Tegumai and the Head Chief *not said here* | his broken spear | | the Cave fire | | | tree rules | | 3 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | **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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