Test 7 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Miss Cow, part 8: Brer Rabbit…

bro what is "bleedzd ter laff" even mean

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bro · What happens: be, mean · To what, where: bleedzd ter laff

This is test 7 · ★ 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	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 laff	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 laff	cop
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 laff	punct
5	bleedzd	bleedzd	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 laff	amod
6	ter	ter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 laff	compound
7	laff	laff	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 bro	appos
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 laff	punct
9	even	even	ADV	_	10 mean	advmod
10	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 bro	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	bro	bleedzd ter laff					tree rules
2	mean	infinitive	bro not said here						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

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

it means he had to laugh really hard, like it was some kind of rule from the old folks

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
5	to	to	PART	_	6 laugh	mark
6	laugh	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 had	xcomp
7	really	really	ADV	_	8 hard	advmod
8	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 laugh	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 kind	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	14 kind	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 kind	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 kind	cop
13	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	14 kind	det
14	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 laugh	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 rule	case
16	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 kind	nmod
17	from	from	ADP	_	20 folks	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 folks	det
19	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 folks	amod
20	folks	folk	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 kind	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	mean	present	it			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	past	he			tree rules
3	laugh	to-infinitive	he not said here		hard property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is	past	it	the old folks	like some kind; of rule	tree rules

Option 2

he had to laugh, like it was a must, no matter what anyone said about him

The tree, 16 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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 laugh	mark
4	laugh	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 matter	punct
6	like	like	SCONJ	_	13 matter	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 matter	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 matter	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 matter	det
10	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 matter	aux
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 matter	punct
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 matter	det
13	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laugh	obl
14	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 said	obj
15	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	16 said	nsubj
16	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 matter	acl:relcl
17	about	about	ADP	_	18 him	case
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 said	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	past	he			tree rules
2	laugh	to-infinitive	he not said here			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	must · past	it	a matter		tree rules
4	say speech: assert	past	anyone	a matter	about him = he	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

he had to laugh, like it was a must

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 laugh	mark
4	laugh	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 it	punct
6	like	like	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 laugh	obl
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 must	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 must	det
10	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 it	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	he						tree rules
2	laugh	to-infinitive	he not said here					like it	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

he just had to giggle, no choice

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	3 had	nsubj
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 had	advmod
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 giggle	mark
5	giggle	giggle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 had	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 choice	punct
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 choice	det
8	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	he						tree rules
2	giggle	to-infinitive	he not said here						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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