--- title: Why is writing «yo» better than Taffy's picture-letter way? — Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was… · tree and pragmatics description: Why is writing «yo» better than Taffy's picture-letter way? Test 2 · ★★ 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 pragmatics of the question and of each opt --- [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/t2/) [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/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★★ · Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 2: yo, so… Why is writing «yo» better than Taffy's picture-letter way? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** write This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t2:1 # text = Why is writing «yo» better than Taffy's picture-letter way? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 writing write VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 csubj _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 yo yo NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 7 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 8 than than ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 9 Taffy Taffy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | present · progressive | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} It gives the exact word, so it can't be read as something else ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t2:o1:1 # text = It gives the exact word, so it can't be read as something else 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 exact exact ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 10 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 read read VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 13 as as ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 12 obl _ _ 15 else else ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present | It | the exact word | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 2 | **not** **read** | can · passive | | word | | | | as something | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus as something=Attribute | ### Option 2 {#o2} It is prettier ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t2:o2:1 # text = It is prettier 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 prettier pretty ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | pretty *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} It makes the picture bigger and so clearer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t2:o3:1 # text = It makes the picture bigger and so clearer 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 clearer clear ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | It | the picture | | | | big, clear *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material picture=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} It saves paint, and needs fewer pictures ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t2:o4:1 # text = It saves paint, and needs fewer pictures 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 saves save VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 paint paint NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 fewer few ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 amod _ _ 8 pictures picture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **save** | present | It | paint | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paint=Theme | | 2 | **need** | present | | fewer pictures | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot picture=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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