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title: Which is TRUE about this part? — Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is TRUE about this part? Test 5 · ★★ 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 option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 2: yo, so…

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Which is TRUE about this part?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t5:1
# text = Which is TRUE about this part?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	TRUE	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about this part; true *property* | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Daddy reads the snake sign aloud to her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t5:o1:1
# text = Daddy reads the snake sign aloud to her
1	Daddy	Daddy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reads	read	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	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	aloud	aloud	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | present | Daddy | the snake sign | her *= she* |  |  | aloud *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent sign=Topic to she=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Taffy writes the rain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t5:o2:1
# text = Taffy writes the rain
1	Taffy	Taffy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	writes	write	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	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present | Taffy | the rain |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rain=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Tegumai tells Taffy about the rain without saying a word

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t5:o3:1
# text = Tegumai tells Taffy about the rain without saying a word
1	Tegumai	Tegumai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Taffy	Taffy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | Tegumai |  | Taffy |  |  | about the rain | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent taffy=Recipient about rain=Topic |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Tegumai *not said here* | a word |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Taffy shows Daddy a frog on the wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t5:o4:1
# text = Taffy shows Daddy a frog on the wall
1	Taffy	Taffy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Daddy	Daddy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	iobj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | Taffy | a frog | Daddy | the wall |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent daddy=Recipient frog=Topic |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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