Test 6 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Miss Cow, part 8: Brer Rabbit…
and Terrapin got stuck on the shelf, bruh?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: stick · To what, where: Terrapin, shelf
This is test 6 · ★ 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 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 stuck | cc |
| 2 | Terrapin | Terrapin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 stuck | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 stuck | aux:pass |
| 4 | stuck | stick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 shelf | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 shelf | det |
| 7 | shelf | shelf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stuck | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 stuck | punct |
| 9 | bruh | bruh | INTJ | _ | 4 stuck | discourse |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 stuck | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stick | past · passive | Terrapin | the shelf | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on shelf=Destination |
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, Brer Rabbit set him on the shelf there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 set | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Rabbit | compound |
| 4 | Rabbit | Rabbit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 set | nsubj |
| 5 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 set | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 shelf | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 shelf | det |
| 9 | shelf | shelf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 set | obl |
| 10 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 set | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set | past | Brer Rabbit | him = he | the shelf; there | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme on shelf=Destination |
Option 2
yeah, Brer Rabbit put him up there by the bucket and Terrapin just sat there looking proud the whole time
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 put | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Rabbit | compound |
| 4 | Rabbit | Rabbit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 put | nsubj |
| 5 | put | put | 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 put | obj |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 put | compound:prt |
| 8 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 put | advmod |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 bucket | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 bucket | det |
| 11 | bucket | bucket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 put | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 sat | cc |
| 13 | Terrapin | Terrapin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 sat | nsubj |
| 14 | just | just | ADV | _ | 15 sat | advmod |
| 15 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 put | conj |
| 16 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 15 sat | advmod |
| 17 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 sat | advcl |
| 18 | proud | proud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 time | amod |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 time | det |
| 20 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 time | amod |
| 21 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 looking | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put up | past | Brer Rabbit | him = he | there | by the bucket | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme by bucket=Destination | ||
| 2 | sit | past | Terrapin | there | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | look | gerund | Terrapin not said here | time | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
yeah, Brer Rabbit put him up there by the bucket and then left him for hours and hours bro
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 put | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Rabbit | compound |
| 4 | Rabbit | Rabbit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 put | nsubj |
| 5 | put | put | 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 put | obj |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 put | compound:prt |
| 8 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 put | advmod |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 bucket | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 bucket | det |
| 11 | bucket | bucket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 put | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 left | cc |
| 13 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 14 left | advmod |
| 14 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 put | conj |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 left | obj |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 hours | case |
| 17 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 left | obl |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 bro | cc |
| 19 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 bro | compound |
| 20 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 put | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put up | past | Brer Rabbit | him = he | there | by the bucket | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme by bucket=Destination | ||
| 2 | leave | past | Brer Rabbit not said here | Rabbit | then; hour | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, Brer Rabbit put him up there by the bucket
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 put | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Rabbit | compound |
| 4 | Rabbit | Rabbit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 put | nsubj |
| 5 | put | put | 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 put | obj |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 put | compound:prt |
| 8 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 put | advmod |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 bucket | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 bucket | det |
| 11 | bucket | bucket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 put | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put up | past | Brer Rabbit | him = he | there | by the bucket | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme by bucket=Destination |
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