Test 1 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Fox Is "Outdone" by Mr. Rabbit: Brer Rabbit t…
Bro, did the Fox actually catch the Rabbit or nah?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Bro · What happens: do, catch · To what, where: Fox, Rabbit
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 571 «Uncle Remus, Fox Is "Outdone" by Mr. Rabbit: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox and Brer Buzzard into the hollow tree» 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 | Bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Bro | punct |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Fox | det |
| 5 | Fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 6 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 7 catch | advmod |
| 7 | catch | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Rabbit | det |
| 9 | Rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 catch | obj |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 nah | cc |
| 11 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 9 Rabbit | conj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Bro | the Fox | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | catch | present | Bro not said here | the Rabbit | actually property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rabbit=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
Nah, the Rabbit got out the hole by tricking Buzzard
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Rabbit | det |
| 4 | Rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | nsubj |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 got | compound:prt |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 hole | det |
| 8 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | obj |
| 9 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 10 tricking | mark |
| 10 | tricking | trick | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 hole | acl |
| 11 | Buzzard | Buzzard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 tricking | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get out | past | the Rabbit | the hole | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | trick | gerund | the hole not said here | Buzzard | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent buzzard=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Nah, the Rabbit got out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Rabbit | det |
| 4 | Rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | nsubj |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | out | out | ADV | _ | 5 got | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get out | past | the Rabbit | out property | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Yeah, the Fox got him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | 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 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 got | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | the Fox | him = he | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
Option 4
Nah, the Rabbit slipped out the back while Fox was chopping
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 slipped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Rabbit | det |
| 4 | Rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 slipped | nsubj |
| 5 | slipped | slip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 slipped | compound:prt |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 back | det |
| 8 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 slipped | obj |
| 9 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 12 chopping | mark |
| 10 | Fox | Fox | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 chopping | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 chopping | aux |
| 12 | chopping | chop | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 slipped | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slip out | past | the Rabbit | the back | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent back=Patient | ||||
| 2 | chop | past · progressive | Fox | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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