Test 7 · ★ · Legends of the Old Plantation, Uncle Remus Initiates the L…
bruh, what did the little Rabbit yell when he ran in?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rabbit · What happens: do, yell, run in · To what, where: little Rabbit
This is test 7 · ★ 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 | bruh | bruh | INTJ | _ | 4 did | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 did | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 yell | advcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Rabbit | det |
| 6 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Rabbit | amod |
| 7 | Rabbit | Rabbit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 8 | yell | yell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 ran | advmod |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 ran | nsubj |
| 11 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 yell | advcl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 ran | compound:prt |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 yell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the little Rabbit | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rabbit=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | yell speech: express | present | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | run in | past | Rabbit | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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 · ← Mova's choice
Mama, quick, Mr. Fox is out there and he's coming up the path to our house!
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mama | mama | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Fox | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 quick | punct |
| 3 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Mama | amod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mama | punct |
| 5 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Fox | compound |
| 6 | Fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 there | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 there | cop |
| 8 | out | out | ADV | _ | 9 there | advmod |
| 9 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | root | root |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 coming | cc |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 coming | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 coming | aux |
| 13 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 there | conj |
| 14 | up | up | ADP | _ | 13 coming | compound:prt |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 path | det |
| 16 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 coming | obj |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 house | case |
| 18 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 house | nmod:poss |
| 19 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 coming | obl |
| 20 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 9 there | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Mama Mr. Fox | out, there property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | come up | present · progressive | Fox | the path | to our house | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location path=Theme |
Option 2
Ma, I seed Mr. Fox a comin' right up the big road, yes I did!
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ma | ma | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Fox | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ma | punct |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 Fox | nsubj |
| 4 | seed | seed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Fox | nsubj |
| 5 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Fox | nsubj |
| 6 | Fox | fox | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 comin | det |
| 8 | comin | comin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Fox | obj |
| 9 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 8 comin | punct |
| 10 | right | right | ADV | _ | 14 road | advmod |
| 11 | up | up | ADP | _ | 14 road | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 road | det |
| 13 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 road | amod |
| 14 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Fox | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 did | punct |
| 16 | yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 18 did | discourse |
| 17 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 did | nsubj |
| 18 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 Fox | advcl |
| 19 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 6 Fox | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fox | infinitive | Ma | a comin | up the big road | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus comin=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | do | past | I | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Brer Fox is at the door!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Fox | compound |
| 2 | Fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 door | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 door | cop |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 door | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 door | det |
| 6 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 6 door | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Brer Fox | the door | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
I seed Mr. Fox a comin'!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 Fox | nsubj |
| 2 | seed | seed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Fox | nsubj |
| 3 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Fox | nsubj |
| 4 | Fox | fox | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 comin | det |
| 6 | comin | comin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Fox | obj |
| 7 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 6 comin | punct |
| 8 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 Fox | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fox | infinitive | I | a comin | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus comin=Experiencer |
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