--- title: ★★★ Taffy, Tegumai, Teshumai all start with T. Which of these Tribe… — Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Taffy, Tegumai, Teshumai all start with T. Which of these Tribe words, also in the story, starts with a sound they had already made a sign for BEFORE the T? Test 17 · ★★ of lesson 89 «Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 3: «the Alphabet, all complete», and how letters really began» --- [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/t17/) [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/) / t17 # Test 17 · ★★ · Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 3: «the A… ★★★ Taffy, Tegumai, Teshumai all start with T. Which of these Tribe words, also in the story, starts with a sound they had already made a sign for BEFORE the T? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, words · **What happens:** start, make · **To what, where:** sign This is test 17 · ★★ 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/#t17). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete:t17:1 # text = ★★★ Taffy, Tegumai, Teshumai all start with T. Which of these Tribe words, also in the story, starts with a sound they had already made a sign for BEFORE the T? 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Taffy Taffy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Tegumai Tegumai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Teshumai Teshumai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 10 nsubj _ _ 10 start start VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 T. T. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 13 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 16 Tribe Tribe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 also also ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 starts start VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 already already ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 acl:relcl _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 BEFORE before ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 T t NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | present | ★ ★ Taffy and Tegumai and Teshumai | | | | | with T. | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with t.=Subeventuality | | 2 | **start** | present | ★ ★ Taffy and Tegumai and Teshumai *not said here* | | | | | with a sound | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with sound=Subeventuality | | 3 | **make** | past · perfect | words *= word* | a sign | | | | for the T | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent sign=Product for t=Asset | 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} Yalas-ya ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete:t17:o1:1 # text = Yalas-ya 1 Yalas Yalas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ya ya NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Shu ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete:t17:o2:1 # text = Shu 1 Shu shu NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Maru ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete:t17:o3:1 # text = Maru 1 Maru Maru PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Shumai ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete:t17:o4:1 # text = Shumai 1 Shumai Shumai PROPN NNP 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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