Test 11 · ★ · Legends of the Old Plantation, Uncle Remus Initiates the L…
real talk, what does Brer Rabbit ask Brer Fox for?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Brer, real talk · What happens: rabbit, ask · To what, where: Brer Fox
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 567 «Legends of the Old Plantation, Uncle Remus Initiates the Little Boy, part 3: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox out of a dinner» 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.
The question
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 talk | amod |
| 2 | talk | talk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ask | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Rabbit | punct |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 Rabbit | obj |
| 5 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 Rabbit | aux |
| 6 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Rabbit | nsubj |
| 7 | Rabbit | rabbit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 ask | advcl |
| 8 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Fox | compound |
| 10 | Fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ask | obj |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 Fox | nmod |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 ask | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rabbit | present · do-support | Brer | vn berry-13.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Location | |||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | infinitive | real talk | Brer Fox | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fox=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
Option 1
calamus root, which he said he needed to season the chicken properly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | calamus | calamus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 root | compound |
| 2 | root | root | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 needed | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 said | punct |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 said | obj |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 said | nsubj |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 needed | advcl |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 needed | nsubj |
| 8 | needed | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 season | mark |
| 10 | season | season | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 needed | obj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 chicken | det |
| 12 | chicken | chicken | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 needed | obj |
| 13 | properly | properly | ADV | _ | 8 needed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | root | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent which=Topic | |||||
| 2 | need | past | calamus root | the chicken | season | properly property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot chicken=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
some sage for the stuffing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 sage | det |
| 2 | sage | sage | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 stuffing | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 stuffing | det |
| 5 | stuffing | stuffing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sage | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
pepper for the soup pot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pepper | pepper | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 pot | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 pot | det |
| 4 | soup | soup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pot | compound |
| 5 | pot | pot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 pepper | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
calamus root for the chicken
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | calamus | calamus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 root | compound |
| 2 | root | root | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 chicken | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 chicken | det |
| 5 | chicken | chicken | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 root | nmod |
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. Elamur Cosmic License.
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