--- title: Which is TRUE at the end of this story? — Just So Stories, How the First Letter… · tree and pragmatics description: Which is TRUE at the end of this story? Test 4 · ★ 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 the question and of each option; Mova' --- [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/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 3:… Which is TRUE at the end of this story? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** end This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention:t4:1 # text = Which is TRUE at the end of this story? 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 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | at the end of this story | true *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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Taffy's Daddy's black-handled spear is never brought ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention:t4:o1:1 # text = Taffy's Daddy's black-handled spear is never brought 1 Taffy Taffy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 Daddy Daddy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 handled handle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 10 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **handle** | participle | | | | | | | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **bring** | present · passive | | Taffy's Daddy's handled spear | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The Stranger-man goes home angry, with mud still in his hair ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention:t4:o2:1 # text = The Stranger-man goes home angry, with mud still in his hair 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 5 nsubj _ _ 5 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 home home ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 11 still still ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | the Stranger man | | | man's hair | | angry, home *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in hair=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} Tegumai catches a huge carp ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention:t4:o3:1 # text = Tegumai catches a huge carp 1 Tegumai Tegumai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 catches catch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 carp carp NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | present | Tegumai | a huge carp | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carp=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The Tribe punishes Taffy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention:t4:o4:1 # text = The Tribe punishes Taffy 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Tribe Tribe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 punishes punish VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Taffy Taffy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **punish** | present | the Tribe | Taffy | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent taffy=Patient | **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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