--- title: ★★★ The Cow's «bare patch» and «the place where she had sat down» be… — Just So Stories, The Crab that Played… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ The Cow's «bare patch» and «the place where she had sat down» became two deserts. Which went with which, in the story's order? Test 16 · ★ of lesson 90 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 1: the Eldest Magician and the sea that will not behave» of the books course of Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician/t16/) [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, The Crab that Played…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician/) / t16 # Test 16 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 1… ★★★ The Cow's «bare patch» and «the place where she had sat down» became two deserts. Which went with which, in the story's order? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★, story · **What happens:** sit down, become, go, order · **To what, where:** two deserts, order This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 90 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 1: the Eldest Magician and the sea that will not behave» 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/90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician/#t16). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ The Cow's «bare patch» and «the place where she had sat down» became two deserts. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician:t16:1 # text = ★★★ The Cow's «bare patch» and «the place where she had sat down» became two deserts. 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 4 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Cow Cow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 « « PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 bare bare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 patch patch NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 « « PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 15 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 18 advmod _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 sat sit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 acl:relcl _ _ 19 down down ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 20 » » PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 21 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 deserts desert NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit down** *in a quote* | past · perfect | ★ | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **become** | past | ★ ★ the Cow's bare patch and the place | two deserts | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | 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. *Sentence 2:* Which went with which, in the story's order? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician:t16:2 # text = Which went with which, in the story's order? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | | | | the story's order | | | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with which=Beneficiary | | 2 | **order** | | the story | | | | | | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Eaten patch: Indian Desert; sitting-place: Sahara ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician:t16:o1:1 # text = Eaten patch: Indian Desert; sitting-place: Sahara 1 Eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 amod _ _ 2 patch patch NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 4 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 Desert Desert PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 7 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 11 Sahara Sahara PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | participle | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sit** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Sahara only ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician:t16:o2:1 # text = Sahara only 1 Sahara Sahara PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Eaten patch: Indian Desert, then the Sahara, then Himalayas; sitting-place: Gobi ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician:t16:o3:1 # text = Eaten patch: Indian Desert, then the Sahara, then Himalayas; sitting-place: Gobi 1 Eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 amod _ _ 2 patch patch NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 4 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 Desert Desert PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Sahara Sahara PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 12 Himalayas Himalaya PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 14 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 18 Gobi Gobi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | participle | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sit** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Two deserts ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician:t16:o4:1 # text = Two deserts 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 deserts desert NOUN NNS Number=Plur 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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