--- title: ★★★ Using only the signs from this lesson (carp-mouth ah, carp-tail… — Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Using only the signs from this lesson (carp-mouth ah, carp-tail y, egg o, snake s, drying-poles sh, thin egg oo), which of these could they NOT write yet? Test 16 · ★★ 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 cour --- [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/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/88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water/) / t16 # Test 16 · ★★ · Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 2: yo, so… ★★★ Using only the signs from this lesson (carp-mouth ah, carp-tail y, egg o, snake s, drying-poles sh, thin egg oo), which of these could they NOT write yet? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ ★ ★, signs · **What happens:** use, dry, not write · **To what, where:** signs, lesson, ★ ★ ★ This is test 16 · ★★ 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/#t16). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t16:1 # text = ★★★ Using only the signs from this lesson (carp-mouth ah, carp-tail y, egg o, snake s, drying-poles sh, thin egg oo), which of these could they NOT write yet? 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 Using use VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 signs sign NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 lesson lesson NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 carp carp NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 15 ah ah INTJ UH _ 14 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 carp carp NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 y y NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 o o NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 s s NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 drying dry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 csubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 poles pole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 compound _ _ 31 sh sh NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 34 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 oo oo NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 38 nmod _ _ 41 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 NOT not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 write write VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 45 yet yet ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | gerund | ★ ★ ★ and carp mouth and tail y and egg o and snake s and poles sh *not said here* | the signs | | this lesson | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Patient | | 2 | **dry** | gerund | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **not** **write** | could | signs *= sign* | ★ ★ ★ and carp mouth and tail y and egg o and snake s and poles sh | | | yet | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | 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} «Yo-so-sho-ya» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t16:o1:1 # text = «Yo-so-sho-ya» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yo yo INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 sho sho NOUN NN _ 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ya ya NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} «Maru» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t16:o2:1 # text = «Maru» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Maru Maru PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} «Shu-ya-so» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t16:o3:1 # text = «Shu-ya-so» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Shu shu NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ya ya NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} «Yo» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t16:o4:1 # text = «Yo» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yo yo NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` 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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