--- title: ★★★ Counting: in this part they make signs for how many different so… — Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Counting: in this part they make signs for how many different sounds? Test 16 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth/t16/) [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 Alphabet Was…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth/) / t16 # Test 16 · ★ · Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 1: a carp… ★★★ Counting: in this part they make signs for how many different sounds? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, they · **What happens:** count, make · **To what, where:** signs, part This is test 16 · ★ 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/#t16). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth:t16:1 # text = ★★★ Counting: in this part they make signs for how many different sounds? 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 Counting count VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 signs sign NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 14 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 15 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 sounds sound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | gerund | ★ | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **make** | present | they | signs | | this part | | for many different sounds | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent sign=Product for sound=Asset | 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 {#o1} Four: ah, yer, oh, mm ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth:t16:o1:1 # text = Four: ah, yer, oh, mm 1 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 3 ah ah INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 yer yer INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 oh oh INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 mm mm NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Five: ah, yer, oh, ssh, ooh ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth:t16:o2:1 # text = Five: ah, yer, oh, ssh, ooh 1 Five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 3 ah ah INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 yer yer INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 oh oh INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 ssh ssh NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 ooh ooh INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Four: ah, yer, oh, ssh ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth:t16:o3:1 # text = Four: ah, yer, oh, ssh 1 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 3 ah ah INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 yer yer INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 oh oh INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 ssh ssh NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Seven different sounds, all written down on birch-bark and kept safe in the back of the cave ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth:t16:o4:1 # text = Seven different sounds, all written down on birch-bark and kept safe in the back of the cave 1 Seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 2 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 sounds sound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 7 down down ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 birch birch NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 bark bark NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 14 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write down** | participle · passive | Seven different sounds *not said here* | all | | birch bark | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on bark=Destination | | 2 | **keep** | participle | Seven different sounds *not said here* | | | the back of the cave | | safe *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in back=Location | **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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