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title: ★★★ The ladies sit on the Stranger-man «in a long line of six». With… — Just So Stories, How the First Letter… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ The ladies sit on the Stranger-man «in a long line of six». With Teshumai pulling his hair, how many women are on or at him? Test 16 · ★ 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 primar
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# Test 16 · ★ · Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 2:…

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★★★ The ladies sit on the Stranger-man «in a long line of six». With Teshumai pulling his hair, how many women are on or at him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ladies · **What happens:** sit, pull · **To what, where:** ★, long line, hair

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This is test 16 · ★ 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/#t16).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ The ladies sit on the Stranger-man «in a long line of six».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t16:1
# text = ★★★ The ladies sit on the Stranger-man «in a long line of six».
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ladies	lady	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sit	sit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	Stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | present | the ladies | ★ |  | a long line of six |  | on the Stranger man | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on man=Location |

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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:* With Teshumai pulling his hair, how many women are on or at him?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t16:2
# text = With Teshumai pulling his hair, how many women are on or at him?
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Teshumai	Teshumai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
3	pulling	pull	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
8	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	conj	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | gerund |  | Teshumai's hair |  |  |  | with Teshumai; on Teshumai | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Seven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t16:o1:1
# text = Seven
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t16:o2:1
# text = Nine
1	Nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Seven women in total, including the one who is pulling his hair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t16:o3:1
# text = Seven women in total, including the one who is pulling his hair
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	including	including	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	pulling	pull	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	acl	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | present · progressive | the one | his hair |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Seven ladies, not counting the drummers outside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t16:o4:1
# text = Seven ladies, not counting the drummers outside
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	ladies	lady	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	counting	count	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	drummers	drummer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **count** | gerund | Seven ladies *not said here* | the drummers |  |  |  | outside *property* | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drummer=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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