--- title: Looking back: in part 1, which sign meant ah? — Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was… · tree and pragmatics description: Looking back: in part 1, which sign meant ah? Test 11 · ★★ 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 o --- [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/t11/) [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/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 3: «the A… Looking back: in part 1, which sign meant ah? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Looking · **What happens:** look back, mean · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete:t11:1 # text = Looking back: in part 1, which sign meant ah? 1 Looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 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 1 obl _ _ 6 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 9 det _ _ 9 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 10 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 ah ah INTJ UH _ 10 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look back** | gerund | | | | | | in part and which sign | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in part=Theme | | 2 | **mean** | past | Looking | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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 {#o1} A carp-fish's open mouth, drawn beside the broken spear ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete:t11:o1:1 # text = A carp-fish's open mouth, drawn beside the broken spear 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 carp carp NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 10 beside beside ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 amod _ _ 13 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | participle | | a carp fish's open mouth *not said here* | | the broken spear | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} A pike's closed mouth ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete:t11:o2:1 # text = A pike's closed mouth 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pike pike NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **close** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A carp-fish's open mouth ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete:t11:o3:1 # text = A carp-fish's open mouth 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 carp carp NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A carp-fish's open mouth, with a spear behind it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete:t11:o4:1 # text = A carp-fish's open mouth, with a spear behind it 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 carp carp NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 12 behind behind ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nmod _ _ ``` 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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