--- title: ★★★ Careful: «S'pose you saw this scratched by the side of a pool».… — Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Careful: «S'pose you saw this scratched by the side of a pool». Who drew the «yo» sign (8.)? Test 17 · ★★ 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 prag --- [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/t17/) [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/) / t17 # Test 17 · ★★ · Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 2: yo, so… ★★★ Careful: «S'pose you saw this scratched by the side of a pool». Who drew the «yo» sign (8.)? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★, side · **What happens:** see, scratch, draw · **To what, where:** this, yo sign This is test 17 · ★★ 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/#t17). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Careful: «S'pose you saw this scratched by the side of a pool». ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t17:1 # text = ★★★ Careful: «S'pose you saw this scratched by the side of a pool». 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Careful careful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 6 « « PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 S'pose s'pose PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 scratched scratch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 xcomp _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 » » PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** *in a quote* | past | ★ | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **scratch** *in a quote* | participle · passive | the side of a pool | this | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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. *Sentence 2:* Who drew the «yo» sign (8.)? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t17:2 # text = Who drew the «yo» sign (8.)? 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 2 nsubj _ _ 2 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 yo yo NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 7 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 8 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 8 8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | past | | the yo sign | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The Camel ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t17:o1:1 # 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 2 {#o2} The Stranger-man ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t17:o2:1 # text = The Stranger-man 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 Stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Tegumai ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t17:o3:1 # text = Tegumai 1 Tegumai Tegumai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Taffy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t17:o4:1 # text = Taffy 1 Taffy Taffy PROPN NNP 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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