--- title: Which is TRUE about this part? — Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was… · tree and pragmatics description: Which is TRUE about this part? Test 6 · ★ 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 question and of each option; Mova's choice was rig --- [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/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 1: a carp… Which is TRUE about this part? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth:t6:1 # text = Which is TRUE about this part? 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 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | about this part; 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} Tegumai is truly excited and attends to Taffy's game ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth:t6:o1:1 # text = Tegumai is truly excited and attends to Taffy's game 1 Tegumai Tegumai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 truly truly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 excited excited ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 attends attend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 Taffy Taffy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Tegumai | | | | | excited, truly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **attend** | present | Tegumai *not said here* | | | | | to Taffy's game | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent to game=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Tegumai is cross with Taffy's game ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth:t6:o2:1 # text = Tegumai is cross with Taffy's game 1 Tegumai Tegumai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 cross cross ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 Taffy Taffy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Tegumai | | | | | with Taffy's game; cross *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Tegumai pretends to like the game but he's not ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth:t6:o3:1 # text = Tegumai pretends to like the game but he's not 1 Tegumai Tegumai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 pretends pretend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pretend** | present | Tegumai | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **like** | to-infinitive | Tegumai *not said here* | the game | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot game=Theme | | 3 | **not** **be** | present | Tegumai | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Tegumai is bored but listens politely to Taffy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:87-justso-alphabet-1-a-carp-fishs-mouth:t6:o4:1 # text = Tegumai is bored but listens politely to Taffy 1 Tegumai Tegumai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 bored bored ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 but but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 listens listen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 politely politely ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Taffy Taffy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Tegumai | | | | | bored *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **listen** | present | Tegumai *not said here* | | Taffy | | | politely *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to taffy=Theme | **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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