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title: Which is TRUE about the Stranger-man? — Just So Stories, How the First Letter… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is TRUE about the Stranger-man? Test 6 · ★ 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 dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 6 · ★ · Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 2:…

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Which is TRUE about the Stranger-man?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t6:1
# text = Which is TRUE about the Stranger-man?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	TRUE	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	Stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about the Stranger man; true *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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Although he has been knocked down and sat on, he still never once sees the picture the right way round

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t6:o1:1
# text = Although he has been knocked down and sat on, he still never once sees the picture the right way round
1	Although	although	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	knocked	knock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	advcl	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
12	still	still	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	12	obl	_	_
15	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl:unmarked	_	_
21	round	round	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock down** | present · perfect · passive |  | he |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **sit on** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **see** | present | he | the picture |  |  | still | the right way *obl:unmarked* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer picture=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He is hurt, but he tells the ladies the truth about the spear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t6:o2:1
# text = He is hurt, but he tells the ladies the truth about the spear
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ladies	lady	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
12	about	about	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	spear	spear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | present · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer truth=Result |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | he |  | the ladies |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lady=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Though scratched and puffed, he still tries to be polite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t6:o3:1
# text = Though scratched and puffed, he still tries to be polite
1	Though	though	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	scratched	scratch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	puffed	puff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	tries	try	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
11	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scratch** | participle | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | though *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **puff** | participle | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |
| 3 | **try** | present | he |  |  |  | still |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | polite *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Though scratched and puffed up with mud, he still tries to be polite to everyone he meets along the way

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t6:o4:1
# text = Though scratched and puffed up with mud, he still tries to be polite to everyone he meets along the way
1	Though	though	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	scratched	scratch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	advcl	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	puffed	puff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	still	still	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	tries	try	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	cop	_	_
14	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	14	obl	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	meets	meet	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
19	along	along	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scratch** | participle | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | though *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **puff up** | participle | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with mud | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with mud=Theme |
| 3 | **try** | present | he |  |  |  | still |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to everyone; polite *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **meet** | present | he |  |  |  |  | along the way | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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