--- title: Looking back: in the Taffy stories, who was told off for slang words? — Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked b… · tree and pragmatics description: Looking back: in the Taffy stories, who was told off for slang words? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 94 «Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 2: the bargain, the Bat and the Baby» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby/t14/) [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 Cat that Walked b…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 2: t… Looking back: in the Taffy stories, who was told off for slang words? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** look back, tell off · **To what, where:** Taffy stories This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 94 «Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 2: the bargain, the Bat and the Baby» 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/94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby:t14:1 # text = Looking back: in the Taffy stories, who was told off for slang words? 1 Looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Taffy Taffy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 12 off off ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 slang slang NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look back** | gerund | | | | | | in the Taffy stories | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in story=Theme | | 2 | **tell off** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | the Taffy stories | | | | for slang words | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | 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} Mam, for saying «bother» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby:t14:o1:1 # text = Mam, for saying «bother» 1 Mam Mam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 for for SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 bother bother VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Mam | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **bother** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} Taffy, for saying «awful» at the table in front of the whole chapel ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby:t14:o2:1 # text = Taffy, for saying «awful» at the table in front of the whole chapel 1 Taffy Taffy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 for for SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 awful awful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 chapel chapel NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Taffy | | | the table | | in front of the whole chapel | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in front=Manner | ### Option 3 {#o3} Jack, for saying «awful» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby:t14:o3:1 # text = Jack, for saying «awful» 1 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 for for SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 awful awful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Jack | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Taffy, for saying «awful» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby:t14:o4:1 # text = Taffy, for saying «awful» 1 Taffy Taffy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 for for SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 awful awful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Taffy | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | **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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