Test 12 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 2: Brer Rabbit rides Brer…
Ha, so the rabbit won the whole thing, right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: rabbit · What happens: win · To what, where: whole thing
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 570 «Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 2: Brer Rabbit rides Brer Fox to Miss Meadows's and hitches him to the rack» 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 | Ha | ha | INTJ | _ | 6 won | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ha | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 won | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 rabbit | det |
| 5 | rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 won | nsubj |
| 6 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 thing | det |
| 8 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 thing | amod |
| 9 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 won | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 won | punct |
| 11 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 6 won | discourse |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 won | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | past | the rabbit | the whole thing | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality |
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
Yeah, he rode the fox and got a cookie
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 rode | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 rode | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 rode | nsubj |
| 4 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 fox | det |
| 6 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rode | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 got | cc |
| 8 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 rode | conj |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 cookie | det |
| 10 | cookie | cookie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 got | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride | past | he | the fox | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get | past | he not said here | a cookie | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cookie=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he rode the fox and got the praise
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 rode | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 rode | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 rode | nsubj |
| 4 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 fox | det |
| 6 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rode | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 got | cc |
| 8 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 rode | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 praise | det |
| 10 | praise | praise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 got | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride | past | he | the fox | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get | past | he not said here | the praise | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer praise=Stimulus |
Option 3
Yeah, the rabbit rode the fox to the party and got all the praise and a pie
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 rode | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 rode | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 rabbit | det |
| 4 | rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rode | nsubj |
| 5 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 fox | det |
| 7 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rode | obj |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 party | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 party | det |
| 10 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rode | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 got | cc |
| 12 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 rode | conj |
| 13 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 praise | det:predet |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 praise | det |
| 15 | praise | praise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 got | obj |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 pie | cc |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 pie | det |
| 18 | pie | pie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rode | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride | past | the rabbit | the fox | the party | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent fox=Theme to party=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | get | past | the rabbit not said here | all praise | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer praise=Stimulus |
Option 4
Nope, the fox got all the praise there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 5 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nope | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 fox | det |
| 4 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | nsubj |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 praise | det:predet |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 praise | det |
| 8 | praise | praise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | obj |
| 9 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 got | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | the fox | all praise | there | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer praise=Stimulus |
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