--- title: Looking back: which earlier character also boasted and was put in hi… — Just So Stories, The Crab that Played… · tree and pragmatics description: Looking back: which earlier character also boasted and was put in his place, being made «different» in a way he did not like? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 91 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 2: Pau Amma loses his shell» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depende --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/91-justso-crab-2-pau-amma-loses-his-shell/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, The Crab that Played…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/91-justso-crab-2-pau-amma-loses-his-shell/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 2… Looking back: which earlier character also boasted and was put in his place, being made «different» in a way he did not like? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** earlier character, character · **What happens:** look back, boast, put, make, not like · **To what, where:** place, way This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 91 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 2: Pau Amma loses his shell» 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/91-justso-crab-2-pau-amma-loses-his-shell/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:91-justso-crab-2-pau-amma-loses-his-shell:t11:1 # text = Looking back: which earlier character also boasted and was put in his place, being made «different» in a way he did not like? 1 Looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obj _ _ 5 earlier early ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 also also ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 boasted boast VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 parataxis _ _ 18 « « PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 » » PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 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 | **boast** *speech: other* | past | earlier character | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **put** | past · passive | earlier character *not said here* | | | character's place | | in a way | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in place=Destination | | 4 | **make** | gerund · passive | | | | | | different *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» | | 5 | **not** **like** | past · do-support | character | a way *not said here* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot way=Theme | 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} The Great Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake of the river ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:91-justso-crab-2-pau-amma-loses-his-shell:t11:o1:1 # text = The Great Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake of the river 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Bi Bi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Coloured coloured ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Python python NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Old Man Kangaroo ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:91-justso-crab-2-pau-amma-loses-his-shell:t11:o2:1 # text = Old Man Kangaroo 1 Old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 Man Man PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ _ 3 Kangaroo Kangaroo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Old Man Crocodile ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:91-justso-crab-2-pau-amma-loses-his-shell:t11:o3:1 # text = Old Man Crocodile 1 Old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 Man Man PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Crocodile Crocodile PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The Elephant's Child's Aunt Ostrich ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:91-justso-crab-2-pau-amma-loses-his-shell:t11:o4:1 # text = The Elephant's Child's Aunt Ostrich 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Elephant Elephant PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 Child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 Aunt aunt NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 Ostrich Ostrich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ ``` 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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