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title: Real life: which is a picture-sign that works well today? — Just So Stories, How the First Letter… · tree and pragmatics
description: Real life: which is a picture-sign that works well today? Test 8 · ★ 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
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# Test 8 · ★ · Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 2:…

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Real life: which is a picture-sign that works well today?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Real life, picture sign · **What happens:** be, work · **To what, where:** picture sign

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t8:1
# text = Real life: which is a picture-sign that works well today?
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
13	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Real life | a picture sign |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **work** | present | a picture sign |  |  |  | today | well *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1}

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A long written letter explaining the rules of the road to every driver in the town

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t8:o1:1
# text = A long written letter explaining the rules of the road to every driver in the town
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	explaining	explain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **explain** *speech: assert* | gerund | a long written letter *not said here* | the rules of the road | every driver in the town |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent rule=Topic to driver=Recipient |
| 3 | **rule** |  | the road |  |  |  |  |  | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A shop sign for the ice cream van

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t8:o2:1
# text = A shop sign for the ice cream van
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	van	van	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A road sign showing children crossing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t8:o3:1
# text = A road sign showing children crossing
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	showing	show	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	crossing	cross	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | gerund | a road sign *not said here* |  | children |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Recipient |
| 2 | **cross** | gerund | children *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A tree drawn on a sign

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t8:o4:1
# text = A tree drawn on a sign
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | participle |  | a tree *not said here* |  | a sign |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on sign=Destination |

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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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