Test 5 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Miss Cow, part 8: Brer Rabbit…
aight, what's up with the briar patch lol
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: aight · What happens: be
This is test 5 · ★ 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 | aight | aight | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 up | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 up | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 up | cop |
| 5 | up | up | ADV | _ | 1 aight | advmod |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 patch | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 patch | det |
| 8 | briar | briar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 patch | compound |
| 9 | patch | patch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 up | obl |
| 10 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 1 aight | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | aight | with the briar patch; up 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 · ← Mova's choice
he hid in there and laughed till his sides hurt and the briars scratched him up real bad lol
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 hid | nsubj |
| 2 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 there | case |
| 4 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 hid | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 laughed | cc |
| 6 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 hid | conj |
| 7 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 10 hurt | mark |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 sides | nmod:poss |
| 9 | sides | side | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 hurt | nsubj |
| 10 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 laughed | advcl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 scratched | cc |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 briars | det |
| 13 | briars | briar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 scratched | nsubj |
| 14 | scratched | scratch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 hid | conj |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 scratched | obj |
| 16 | up | up | ADP | _ | 14 scratched | compound:prt |
| 17 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 lol | amod |
| 18 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 lol | amod |
| 19 | lol | lol | NOUN | _ | 14 scratched | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | he | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in there=Location | |||||
| 2 | laugh | past | he not said here | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | hurt | past | his sides | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | scratch up | past | the briars | him = he | real bad lol obl | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 2
he ran in there and giggled till his belly ached
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 ran | nsubj |
| 2 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 there | case |
| 4 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 ran | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 giggled | cc |
| 6 | giggled | giggle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 ran | conj |
| 7 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 10 ached | mark |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 belly | nmod:poss |
| 9 | belly | belly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 ached | nsubj |
| 10 | ached | ache | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 giggled | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past | he | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in there=Trajectory | |||||
| 2 | giggle | past | he not said here | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | ache | past | his belly | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
he hid in the bushes and kinda rested
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 hid | nsubj |
| 2 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 bushes | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bushes | det |
| 5 | bushes | bush | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 hid | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 rested | cc |
| 7 | kinda | kinda | ADV | _ | 8 rested | advmod |
| 8 | rested | rest | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 hid | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | he | the bushes | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bush=Location | ||||
| 2 | rest | participle | he not said here | kinda property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
he hid in there and laughed till his sides hurt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 hid | nsubj |
| 2 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 there | case |
| 4 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 hid | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 laughed | cc |
| 6 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 hid | conj |
| 7 | till | till | ADP | _ | 9 sides | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 sides | nmod:poss |
| 9 | sides | side | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 laughed | obl |
| 10 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 hid | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | he | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in there=Location | |||||
| 2 | laugh | past | he not said here | till his sides | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | hurt | past | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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