--- title: Looking back: which earlier character said one word, «Humph!», and g… — Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was… · tree and pragmatics description: Looking back: which earlier character said one word, «Humph!», and got something on his back for it? Test 13 · ★★ 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 tree and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water/t13/) [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/88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★★ · Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 2: yo, so… Looking back: which earlier character said one word, «Humph!», and got something on his back for it? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** earlier character · **What happens:** look back, say, get · **To what, where:** one word, something, back · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 13 · ★★ 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/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t13:1 # text = Looking back: which earlier character said one word, «Humph!», and got something on his back for it? 1 Looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obj _ _ 5 earlier early ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 8 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 « « PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Humph Humph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ! ! PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 18 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 17 obj _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look back** | gerund | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | earlier character | one word | | | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme word=Manner | | 3 | **get** | past | earlier character *not said here* | something | | character's back | | for back | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent something=Theme on back=Source | 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} Cat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t13:o1:1 # text = Cat 1 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The Camel ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t13:o2:1 # text = The Camel 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Camel camel NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The Parrot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t13:o3:1 # text = The Parrot 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The Donkey ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t13:o4:1 # text = The Donkey 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Donkey donkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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