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title: Looking back: the Tribe thought Taffy's picture showed Tegumai being… — Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: the Tribe thought Taffy's picture showed Tegumai being speared. What does Tegumai joke here? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 88 «Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 2: yo, so, sho, shi, and shu-ya, the sky-water» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 2: yo, so…

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Looking back: the Tribe thought Taffy's picture showed Tegumai being speared. What does Tegumai joke here?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Tribe, picture, Tegumai · **What happens:** look back, think, show, spear, joke · **To what, where:** Tegumai · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 88 «Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 2: yo, so, sho, shi, and shu-ya, the sky-water» 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/88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: the Tribe thought Taffy's picture showed Tegumai being speared.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t10:1
# text = Looking back: the Tribe thought Taffy's picture showed Tegumai being speared.
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Tribe	Tribe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	Taffy	Taffy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
11	Tegumai	Tegumai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	speared	spear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund | the Tribe *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the Tribe |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **show** | past | Taffy's picture |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **spear** | gerund · passive |  | Tegumai |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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:* What does Tegumai joke here?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t10:2
# text = What does Tegumai joke here?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Tegumai	Tegumai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	joke	joke	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **joke** *speech: other* | present · do-support | Tegumai |  |  | here |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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«Even Mummy couldn't mistake that for me being killed»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t10:o1:1
# text = «Even Mummy couldn't mistake that for me being killed»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Even	even	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	Mummy	Mummy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	mistake	mistake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	obj	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **mistake** *in a quote* | could | Mummy | that |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **kill** *in a quote* | gerund · passive |  | me |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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«Mummy would never think I'd been speared»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t10:o2:1
# text = «Mummy would never think I'd been speared»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Mummy	mummy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'd	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	speared	spear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | would | Mummy |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **spear** *in a quote* | past · perfect · passive |  | Mummy |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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«Nobody would believe such a silly drawing»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t10:o3:1
# text = «Nobody would believe such a silly drawing»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	believe	believe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	8	det:predet	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	drawing	drawing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** *in a quote* | would | Nobody | such silly drawing |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer drawing=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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«Ha, not me»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t10:o4:1
# text = «Ha, not me»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Ha	ha	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

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