Test 10 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Miss Cow, part 8: Brer Rabbit…
was Miss Cow mad at Brer Rabbit by the end?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Miss · What happens: be
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 572 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Miss Cow, part 8: Brer Rabbit tricks Miss Cow into a tree, then Brer Terrapin goes calling» 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 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 mad | cop |
| 2 | Miss | Miss | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 mad | nsubj |
| 3 | Cow | cow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mad | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 Rabbit | case |
| 6 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Rabbit | compound |
| 7 | Rabbit | Rabbit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 mad | obl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 end | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 end | det |
| 10 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mad | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 mad | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Miss | by the end | at Brer Rabbit; Cow obl:unmarked; mad property | 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
yeah, she chased him down the big road till sunset and then she went home mad as anything
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 chased | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 chased | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 chased | nsubj |
| 4 | chased | chase | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 chased | obj |
| 6 | down | down | ADP | _ | 4 chased | compound:prt |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 road | det |
| 8 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 road | amod |
| 9 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 chased | obj |
| 10 | till | till | ADP | _ | 11 sunset | case |
| 11 | sunset | sunset | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 road | nmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 went | cc |
| 13 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 15 went | advmod |
| 14 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 went | nsubj |
| 15 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 chased | conj |
| 16 | home | home | ADV | _ | 15 went | advmod |
| 17 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 went | xcomp |
| 18 | as | as | ADP | _ | 19 anything | case |
| 19 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 15 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chase down | past | she | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | go | past | she | then | as anything; home, mad property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
yeah, she chased him down the big road and into the briar-patch and then she gave up and went to bed
The tree, 22 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 chased | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 chased | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 chased | nsubj |
| 4 | chased | chase | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 chased | obj |
| 6 | down | down | ADP | _ | 4 chased | compound:prt |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 road | det |
| 8 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 road | amod |
| 9 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 chased | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 patch | cc |
| 11 | into | into | ADP | _ | 15 patch | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 patch | det |
| 13 | briar | briar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 patch | compound |
| 14 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 briar | punct |
| 15 | patch | patch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 road | conj |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 gave | cc |
| 17 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 19 gave | advmod |
| 18 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 gave | nsubj |
| 19 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 chased | conj |
| 20 | up | up | ADP | _ | 19 gave | compound:prt |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 went | cc |
| 22 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 chased | conj |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 bed | case |
| 24 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chase down | past | she | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | give up | past | she | then | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | go | past | she not said here | bed | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial_Location |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
yeah, she ran after him for miles
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 ran | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 ran | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ran | nsubj |
| 4 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 6 him | case |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ran | obl |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 miles | case |
| 8 | miles | mile | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 ran | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past | she | after him = he | for miles | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for mile=Beneficiary |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, she chased him down the big road
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 chased | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 chased | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 chased | nsubj |
| 4 | chased | chase | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 chased | obj |
| 6 | down | down | ADP | _ | 4 chased | compound:prt |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 road | det |
| 8 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 road | amod |
| 9 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 chased | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chase down | past | she | him = he | tree rules |
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