--- title: Real life: what is the «rebus» idea? — Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was… · tree and pragmatics description: Real life: what is the «rebus» idea? Test 6 · ★★ 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 --- [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/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★★ · Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 2: yo, so… Real life: what is the «rebus» idea? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Real life · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** rebus idea This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t6:1 # text = Real life: what is the «rebus» idea? 1 Real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 7 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 rebus rebus NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 10 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Real life | the rebus idea | | | | | tree rules | 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} Drawing a whole sentence as one big scene ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t6:o1:1 # text = Drawing a whole sentence as one big scene 1 Drawing draw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 7 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 scene scene NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | gerund | | a whole sentence | | | | as one big scene | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent sentence=Result as scene=Attribute | ### Option 2 {#o2} Drawing pictures of things ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t6:o2:1 # text = Drawing pictures of things 1 Drawing draw VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 amod _ _ 2 pictures picture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | gerund | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Using a picture for its sound, like an eye and a saw for «I saw» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t6:o3:1 # text = Using a picture for its sound, like an eye and a saw for «I saw» 1 Using use VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 like like ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 saw saw NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 14 for for SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 « « PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 » » PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | gerund | | a picture | | | | for picture's sound; like a eye and a saw | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent picture=Theme for sound=Eventuality | | 2 | **see** *in a quote* | past | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Using pictures to show the meaning only ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t6:o4:1 # text = Using pictures to show the meaning only 1 Using use VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _ 2 pictures picture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | gerund | | pictures | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picture=Patient | | 2 | **show** | to-infinitive | | the meaning | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent meaning=Recipient | **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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