--- title: Real life: why are the stories called «Just So»? — Just So Stories, The Butterfly that St… · tree and pragmatics description: Real life: why are the stories called «Just So»? Test 9 · ★★ 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 question and of each o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/97-justso-butterfly-2-the-butterfly-stamps-and-the-book-ends/t9/) [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 Butterfly that St…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/97-justso-butterfly-2-the-butterfly-stamps-and-the-book-ends/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★ · Just So Stories, The Butterfly that Stamped, part 2: the B… Real life: why are the stories called «Just So»? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, call · **To what, where:** stories · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:97-justso-butterfly-2-the-butterfly-stamps-and-the-book-ends:t9:1 # text = Real life: why are the stories called «Just So»? 1 Real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 4 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 8 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 « « PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Just just ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 So so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the stories | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **call** | participle | | the stories *not said here* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} They were named after a famous old ship ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:97-justso-butterfly-2-the-butterfly-stamps-and-the-book-ends:t9:o1:1 # text = They were named after a famous old ship 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 after after ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **name** | past · passive | | They | | | after a famous old ship | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} They were short ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:97-justso-butterfly-2-the-butterfly-stamps-and-the-book-ends:t9:o2:1 # text = They were short 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | They | | | | | short *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} They were told in a quiet room ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:97-justso-butterfly-2-the-butterfly-stamps-and-the-book-ends:t9:o3:1 # text = They were told in a quiet room 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | They | | a quiet room | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} They had to be told the same way each time ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:97-justso-butterfly-2-the-butterfly-stamps-and-the-book-ends:t9:o4:1 # text = They had to be told the same way each time 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 xcomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | They | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive · passive | They *not said here* | the same way | | | time | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: way=Recipient | **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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