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title: ★★★ Taffy says «inciting» for exciting. Which other word does she be… — Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Taffy says «inciting» for exciting. Which other word does she bend the same way in this part? Test 15 · ★ of lesson 87 «Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 1: a carp-fish's mouth, a tail, an egg and a snake» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Test 15 · ★ · Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 1: a carp…

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★★★ Taffy says «inciting» for exciting. Which other word does she bend the same way in this part?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, other word · **What happens:** say, incite, word, bend · **To what, where:** same way, part · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 87 «Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 1: a carp-fish's mouth, a tail, an egg and a snake» 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/87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth/#t15).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Taffy says «inciting» for exciting.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth:t15:1
# text = ★★★ Taffy says «inciting» for exciting.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	Taffy	Taffy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	inciting	incite	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	exciting	exciting	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | ★ |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **incite** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for exciting | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which other word does she bend the same way in this part?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth:t15:2
# text = Which other word does she bend the same way in this part?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	bend	bend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	det	_	_
12	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **word** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bend** | present · do-support | other word | the same way |  | this part |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in part=Location |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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«Enjoyment» for enjoying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth:t15:o1:1
# text = «Enjoyment» for enjoying
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Enjoyment	enjoyment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	enjoying	enjoy	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enjoy** | gerund | Enjoyment *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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«Incitement» for excitement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth:t15:o2:1
# text = «Incitement» for excitement
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Incitement	incitement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	excitement	excitement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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«Lookingment» for looking, which is a silly word a child would use at the cave door

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth:t15:o3:1
# text = «Lookingment» for looking, which is a silly word a child would use at the cave door
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Lookingment	Lookingment	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl:relcl	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | gerund | Lookingment |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | a silly word |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **use** | would | a child | a silly word *not said here* |  | the cave door |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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«Excitedment» for enthusiasm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth:t15:o4:1
# text = «Excitedment» for enthusiasm
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Excitedment	excitedment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	enthusiasm	enthusiasm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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