Test 1 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 5: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer…

Dude, why did Brer Fox think he finally had Brer Rabbit?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Brer · What happens: think, have · To what, where: Brer Rabbit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 569 «Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 5: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox into the brier-patch» 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	Dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 think	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 think	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 think	aux
5	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 think	nsubj
6	Fox	Fox	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Brer	flat
7	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Dude	parataxis
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 had	nsubj
9	finally	finally	ADV	_	10 had	advmod
10	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 think	ccomp
11	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Rabbit	compound
12	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 had	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Dude	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past · do-support	Brer						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	have	past	Brer	Brer Rabbit				finally property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rabbit=Patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

Cause the rabbit was stuck to that tar doll, bro

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rabbit	det
3	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stuck	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 stuck	cop
5	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Cause	ccomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 doll	case
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 doll	det
8	tar	tar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 doll	amod
9	doll	doll	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stuck	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 bro	punct
11	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 doll	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here						vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	is	past	the rabbit					to that tar doll and bro; stuck property	tree rules

Option 2

Cause the rabbit was tied up tight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 rabbit	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rabbit	det
3	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tied	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 tied	aux:pass
5	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 tied	compound:prt
7	tight	tight	ADV	_	5 tied	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	infinitive							vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	tie up	past · passive		the Cause rabbit				tight property	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

Cause the fox had a big net, dude

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 fox	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fox	det
3	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 net	det
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 net	amod
7	net	net	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 dude	punct
9	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 net	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	infinitive							vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	have	past	the Cause fox	a big net and dude					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent net=Patient

Option 4

Cause he was stuck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	SCONJ	_	4 stuck	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stuck	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stuck	cop
4	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					stuck property	tree rules

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