--- title: ★★★ «Then the Head Chief laughed; then the Stranger-man; then Teguma… — Just So Stories, How the First Letter… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ «Then the Head Chief laughed; then the Stranger-man; then Tegumai; then all the Tribe.» Who laughed third? Test 15 · ★ 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 --- [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/t15/) [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/) / t15 # Test 15 · ★ · Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 3:… ★★★ «Then the Head Chief laughed; then the Stranger-man; then Tegumai; then all the Tribe.» Who laughed third? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★ · **What happens:** laugh · **To what, where:** Stranger man This is test 15 · ★ 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/#t15). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ «Then the Head Chief laughed; then the Stranger-man; then Tegumai; then all the Tribe.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention:t15:1 # text = ★★★ «Then the Head Chief laughed; then the Stranger-man; then Tegumai; then all the Tribe.» 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 Head Head PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 11 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 Stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 18 Tegumai Tegumai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ _ 21 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 23 det:predet _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Tribe Tribe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 24 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** *in a quote* | past | ★ | the Stranger man | | | then | Tegumai *obl* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:* Who laughed third? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention:t15:2 # text = Who laughed third? 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 2 nsubj _ _ 2 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 third third ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past | | | | | | third *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Tegumai ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention:t15:o1:1 # text = Tegumai 1 Tegumai Tegumai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The Head Chief ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention:t15:o2:1 # text = The Head Chief 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The Stranger-man ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention:t15:o3:1 # text = The Stranger-man 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 Stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} All the Tribe ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention:t15:o4:1 # text = All the Tribe 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Tribe Tribe PROPN NNP 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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