--- title: Looking back: in part 1, what did Taffy wish they could do to get th… — Just So Stories, How the First Letter… · tree and pragmatics description: Looking back: in part 1, what did Taffy wish they could do to get the spear? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 86 «Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 3: «a great invention» and the road on Merrow Down» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention/t10/) [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/86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 3:… Looking back: in part 1, what did Taffy wish they could do to get the spear? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Taffy, they · **What happens:** look back, wish, do, get · **To what, where:** part, spear · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 86 «Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 3: «a great invention» and the road on Merrow Down» 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/86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention:t10:1 # text = Looking back: in part 1, what did Taffy wish they could do to get the spear? 1 Looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 csubj _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 11 obj _ _ 9 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 Taffy Taffy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? 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 | **wish** | past · do-support | Taffy | part | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | could | they | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **get** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | the spear | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spear=Stimulus | 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 {#o1} Shout loud enough for Mummy to hear them back at the Cave ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention:t10:o1:1 # text = Shout loud enough for Mummy to hear them back at the Cave 1 Shout shout VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 3 enough enough ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Mummy Mummy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 back back ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | for Mummy; enough, loud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for mummy=Recipient | | 2 | **hear back** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | them *= they* | | the Cave | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} Run very fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention:t10:o2:1 # text = Run very fast 1 Run run VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 very very ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Swim home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention:t10:o3:1 # text = Swim home 1 Swim swim VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 home home ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Write, so they could send a message home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention:t10:o4:1 # text = Write, so they could send a message home 1 Write write VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 message message NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 home home ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **send** | could | they | a message | | | | home *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme | **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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