Test 12 · ★ · Legends of the Old Plantation, Uncle Remus Initiates the L…
lmao, what did Brer Rabbit sing?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Brer · What happens: rabbit · To what, where: lmao
This is test 12 · ★ 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 | lmao | lmao | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Rabbit | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 Rabbit | obj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 Rabbit | aux |
| 5 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Rabbit | nsubj |
| 6 | Rabbit | rabbit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 lmao | conj |
| 7 | sing | sing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Rabbit | obj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 lmao | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rabbit | past · do-support | Brer | lmao | tree rules |
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
a silly song about how grease and hides are worth more than corn
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 song | det |
| 2 | silly | silly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 song | amod |
| 3 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 10 worth | mark |
| 5 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 worth | advmod |
| 6 | grease | grease | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 worth | nsubj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 hides | cc |
| 8 | hides | hide | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 grease | conj |
| 9 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 worth | cop |
| 10 | worth | worth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 song | acl |
| 11 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV | 13 corn | advmod |
| 12 | than | than | ADP | _ | 11 more | fixed |
| 13 | corn | corn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 worth | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | grease and hides | corn obl; worth property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
a little verse about the sun
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 verse | det |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 verse | amod |
| 3 | verse | verse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 sun | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sun | det |
| 6 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 verse | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
a rhyme about grease and hide
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 rhyme | det |
| 2 | rhyme | rhyme | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hide | nsubj |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 4 grease | case |
| 4 | grease | grease | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rhyme | nmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 hide | cc |
| 6 | hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | present | a rhyme about grease | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
a long rhyme about grease, hide, and the fat of the chicken
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 rhyme | det |
| 2 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 rhyme | amod |
| 3 | rhyme | rhyme | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hide | nsubj |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 5 grease | case |
| 5 | grease | grease | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rhyme | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 hide | punct |
| 7 | hide | hide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 fat | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 fat | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 fat | det |
| 11 | fat | fat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hide | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 chicken | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 chicken | det |
| 14 | chicken | chicken | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 fat | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | infinitive | a long rhyme about grease | the fat of the chicken | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fat=Patient |
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