--- title: Looking back: in part 2, what did «yo» mean? — Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was… · tree and pragmatics description: Looking back: in part 2, what did «yo» mean? Test 10 · ★★ 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 question and of each op --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete/t10/) [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/89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★ · Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 3: «the A… Looking back: in part 2, what did «yo» mean? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** yo · **What happens:** look back, mean · **To what, where:** part This is test 10 · ★★ 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. 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete:t10:1 # text = Looking back: in part 2, what did «yo» mean? 1 Looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 csubj _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 obj _ _ 9 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 10 « « PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 yo yo NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 13 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look back** | gerund | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **mean** | past · do-support | yo | part | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | 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} Good river-water ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete:t10:o1:1 # text = Good river-water 1 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 2 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Bad fish ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete:t10:o2:1 # text = Bad fish 1 Bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Bad snake-mud ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete:t10:o3:1 # text = Bad snake-mud 1 Bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 2 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Bad swamp-water ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete:t10:o4:1 # text = Bad swamp-water 1 Bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 2 swamp swamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 water water NOUN NN 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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