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title: Real life: what does «a just-so story» mean to scientists today? — Just So Stories, The Butterfly that St… · tree and pragmatics
description: Real life: what does «a just-so story» mean to scientists today? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 97 «Just So Stories, The Butterfly that Stamped, part 2: the Butterfly stamps, Balkis is wise, and the book ends» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Just So Stories, The Butterfly that Stamped, part 2: the B…

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Real life: what does «a just-so story» mean to scientists today?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Real life · **What happens:** do, mean · **To what, where:** story

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This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 97 «Just So Stories, The Butterfly that Stamped, part 2: the Butterfly stamps, Balkis is wise, and the book ends» 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/97-justso-butterfly-2-the-butterfly-stamps-and-the-book-ends/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:97-justso-butterfly-2-the-butterfly-stamps-and-the-book-ends:t7:1
# text = Real life: what does «a just-so story» mean to scientists today?
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
5	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
16	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | a story |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Eventuality |
| 2 | **mean** | infinitive | Real life |  |  |  | today | to scientists | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot to scientist=Attribute |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A neat explanation nobody has tested

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:97-justso-butterfly-2-the-butterfly-stamps-and-the-book-ends:t7:o1:1
# text = A neat explanation nobody has tested
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	neat	neat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	explanation	explanation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	_
5	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	tested	test	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **test** | present · perfect | nobody | a neat explanation *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent explanation=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A scientific rule that has been tested again and again by many people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:97-justso-butterfly-2-the-butterfly-stamps-and-the-book-ends:t7:o2:1
# text = A scientific rule that has been tested again and again by many people
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	scientific	scientific	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
5	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	tested	test	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	again	again	ADV	RB	_	8	conj	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **test** | present · perfect · passive | many people | a scientific rule |  |  | again |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A very old story about the sun and moon that everyone believes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:97-justso-butterfly-2-the-butterfly-stamps-and-the-book-ends:t7:o3:1
# text = A very old story about the sun and moon that everyone believes
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	very	very	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	12	nsubj	_	_
12	believes	believe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | present | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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An explanation that scientists have proved

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:97-justso-butterfly-2-the-butterfly-stamps-and-the-book-ends:t7:o4:1
# text = An explanation that scientists have proved
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	explanation	explanation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	proved	prove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present · perfect · passive |  | a explanation |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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