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title: Identify the sign adopted by Tegumai for the rough sound r. — Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the sign adopted by Tegumai for the rough sound r. Exam question 1 of lesson 89 «Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 3: «the Alphabet, all complete», and how letters really began» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Exam question 1 · Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 3: «the A…

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Identify the sign adopted by Tegumai for the rough sound r.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, adopt · **To what, where:** sign

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 89 «Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 3: «the Alphabet, all complete», and how letters really began» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete:e1:1
# text = Identify the sign adopted by Tegumai for the rough sound r.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	adopted	adopt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Tegumai	Tegumai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	r.	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the sign |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent sign=Theme |
| 2 | **adopt** | participle |  | the sign *not said here* |  |  |  | by Tegumai; for the rough sound r. | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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A saw-edge reduced to a single tooth, drawn beside the plank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete:e1:o1:1
# text = A saw-edge reduced to a single tooth, drawn beside the plank
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	saw	saw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	reduced	reduce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	tooth	tooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
12	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	plank	plank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reduce** | participle |  | a saw edge *not said here* |  |  |  | to a single tooth *goal* | vn limit-76 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer to tooth=Goal |
| 2 | **draw** | participle |  | a saw edge *not said here* |  | the plank |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A saw-edge reduced to a single tooth, with the plank and canoe beside it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete:e1:o2:1
# text = A saw-edge reduced to a single tooth, with the plank and canoe beside it
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	saw	saw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	reduced	reduce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	tooth	tooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	plank	plank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	canoe	canoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
16	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reduce** | participle |  | a saw edge *not said here* |  |  |  | to a single tooth *goal*; with the plank beside canoe and canoe | vn limit-76 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer to tooth=Goal |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A saw-edge reduced to a single tooth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete:e1:o3:1
# text = A saw-edge reduced to a single tooth
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	saw	saw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	reduced	reduce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	tooth	tooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reduce** | participle |  | a saw edge *not said here* |  |  |  | to a single tooth *goal* | vn limit-76 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer to tooth=Goal |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A fish with a broken fin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete:e1:o4:1
# text = A fish with a broken fin
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	fin	fin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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