--- title: Looking back: what did the Tribe think Taffy's beavers were? — Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was… · tree and pragmatics description: Looking back: what did the Tribe think Taffy's beavers were? Test 12 · ★★ 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 questio --- [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/t12/) [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/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★★ · Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 3: «the A… Looking back: what did the Tribe think Taffy's beavers were? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Looking · **What happens:** look back, do, think, be · **To what, where:** Tribe, beavers · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete:t12:1 # text = Looking back: what did the Tribe think Taffy's beavers were? 1 Looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 csubj _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 5 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Tribe Tribe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 Taffy Taffy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 beavers beaver NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 12 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 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 | **do** | past | | the Tribe | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tribe=Eventuality | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Looking | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | past | | Taffy's beavers | | | | | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A pack of bad people ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete:t12:o1:1 # text = A pack of bad people 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pack pack NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A herd of wild pigs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete:t12:o2:1 # text = A herd of wild pigs 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 herd herd NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 pigs pig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A group of friends ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete:t12:o3:1 # text = A group of friends 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 group group NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Pack of dogs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete:t12:o4:1 # text = Pack of dogs 1 Pack pack NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 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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