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title: Looking back: in part 1, which animal's flung sand became Borneo and… — Just So Stories, The Crab that Played… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in part 1, which animal's flung sand became Borneo and Java? Test 13 · ★ 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 dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 13 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 2…

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Looking back: in part 1, which animal's flung sand became Borneo and Java?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Looking · **What happens:** look back, fling, become

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This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:91-justso-crab-2-pau-amma-loses-his-shell:t13:1
# text = Looking back: in part 1, which animal's flung sand became Borneo and Java?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	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	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	9	det	_	_
9	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	flung	fling	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
13	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	Borneo	Borneo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	xcomp	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	Java	Java	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | in part and which animal's flung sand | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in part=Theme |
| 2 | **fling** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **become** | past | Looking |  |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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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}

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All-the-Crab-there-was

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:91-justso-crab-2-pau-amma-loses-his-shell:t13:o1:1
# text = All-the-Crab-there-was
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Crab	crab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | all Crab |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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All-the-Turtle-there-was

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:91-justso-crab-2-pau-amma-loses-his-shell:t13:o2:1
# text = All-the-Turtle-there-was
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Turtle	Turtle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	5	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Turtle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:91-justso-crab-2-pau-amma-loses-his-shell:t13:o3:1
# text = The Turtle
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Turtle	turtle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Pau Amma

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:91-justso-crab-2-pau-amma-loses-his-shell:t13:o4:1
# text = Pau Amma
1	Pau	Pau	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Amma	Amma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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