--- title: Looking back: the Tribe was wrong about the picture. Which earlier c… — Just So Stories, How the First Letter… · tree and pragmatics description: Looking back: the Tribe was wrong about the picture. Which earlier character was wrong about a nose that would not shrink? Test 12 · ★ 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 schoo --- [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/t12/) [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/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 3:… Looking back: the Tribe was wrong about the picture. Which earlier character was wrong about a nose that would not shrink? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Tribe, nose · **What happens:** look back, be, not shrink This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Looking back: the Tribe was wrong about the picture. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention:t12:1 # text = Looking back: the Tribe was wrong about the picture. 1 Looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Tribe Tribe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look back** | gerund | the Tribe *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | the Tribe | | | | | about the picture; wrong *property* | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* Which earlier character was wrong about a nose that would not shrink? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention:t12:2 # text = Which earlier character was wrong about a nose that would not shrink? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 2 earlier early ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 amod _ _ 3 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 shrink shrink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | about a nose; wrong *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **shrink** | would | a nose | | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Painted Jaguar ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention:t12:o1:1 # text = Painted Jaguar 1 Painted paint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 Jaguar Jaguar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **paint** | participle | | Jaguar | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent jaguar=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The Kangaroo ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention:t12:o2:1 # text = The Kangaroo 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Kangaroo Kangaroo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The Camel ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention:t12:o3:1 # text = The Camel 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Camel camel NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The Elephant's Child ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention:t12:o4:1 # text = The Elephant's Child 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Elephant Elephant PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 Child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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