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

so the tale is basically a big trick, that's the vibe?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: tale, that · What happens: be · To what, where: big trick, vibe

This is test 8 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	8 trick	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tale	det
3	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 trick	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 trick	cop
5	basically	basically	ADV	_	8 trick	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 trick	det
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 trick	amod
8	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 vibe	punct
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 vibe	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 vibe	cop
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 vibe	det
13	vibe	vibe	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 trick	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 trick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the tale	a big trick and the vibe				basically property	tree rules
2	is a	present	that	the vibe					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

nah, Brer Rabbit got tricked too and Cow won the day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 tricked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 tricked	nsubj:pass
4	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Brer	flat
5	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 tricked	aux:pass
6	tricked	trick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	too	too	ADV	_	6 tricked	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 won	cc
9	Cow	Cow	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 won	nsubj
10	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 tricked	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 day	det
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 won	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	past · passive		Brer					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	win	past	Cow				day		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

yeah, he tricked everyone and Miss Cow got caught

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 tricked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tricked	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tricked	nsubj
4	tricked	trick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 tricked	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 caught	cc
7	Miss	Miss	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 caught	nsubj:pass
8	Cow	Cow	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Miss	flat
9	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 caught	aux:pass
10	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 tricked	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	past	he	everyone					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Patient
2	catch	past · passive		Miss					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

yeah, a big trick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 trick	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 trick	det
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 trick	amod
5	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, Brer Rabbit played everybody and Miss Cow fell for it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 played	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Rabbit	compound
4	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 played	nsubj
5	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	everybody	everybody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 played	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 fell	cc
8	Miss	Miss	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 fell	nsubj
9	Cow	Cow	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Miss	flat
10	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 played	conj
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	past	Brer Rabbit	everybody					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everybody=Theme
2	fall	past	Miss					for it	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for it=Theme

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