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description: Tegumai says perches and trouts haven't got feelers. Why does that matter to a sign? Test 3 · ★ 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 
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# Test 3 · ★ · Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 1: a carp…

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Tegumai says perches and trouts haven't got feelers. Why does that matter to a sign?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Tegumai, perches, that · **What happens:** say, not get, matter · **To what, where:** feelers · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Tegumai says perches and trouts haven't got feelers.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth:t3:1
# text = Tegumai says perches and trouts haven't got feelers.
1	Tegumai	Tegumai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	perches	perch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	trouts	trout	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	_	_
9	feelers	feeler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Tegumai |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **get** | present · perfect | perches and trouts | feelers |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer feeler=Stimulus |

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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:* Why does that matter to a sign?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth:t3:2
# text = Why does that matter to a sign?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **matter** | present · do-support | that |  |  |  |  | to a sign | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to sign=Experiencer |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A carp's feeler is too hard to draw on bark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth:t3:o1:1
# text = A carp's feeler is too hard to draw on bark
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	carp	carp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	feeler	feeler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	draw	draw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	bark	bark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a carp's feeler |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **draw** | to-infinitive | a carp's feeler *not said here* |  |  | bark |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on bark=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Feelers make a fish look like a crab to Daddy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth:t3:o2:1
# text = Feelers make a fish look like a crab to Daddy
1	Feelers	feeler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	xcomp	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	crab	crab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Daddy	Daddy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Feelers |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** | present | a fish |  |  |  |  | like a crab to Daddy | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Feelers make the sign too long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth:t3:o3:1
# text = Feelers make the sign too long
1	Feelers	feeler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Feelers | the sign |  |  |  | long *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sign=Product |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A sign must be clear and not get mixed up with others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth:t3:o4:1
# text = A sign must be clear and not get mixed up with others
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | must | a sign |  |  |  |  | clear *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **mix up** | infinitive · passive | a sign *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with others | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: with other=Co-Patient |

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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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