Test 1 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Well: Brer Fox falls down…
Bro, did Brer Rabbit really dive into a bucket for a nap?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bro · What happens: do, dive · To what, where: Brer Rabbit, bucket
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 576 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Well: Brer Fox falls down the well, and the butter goes missing» 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 | 3 did | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Bro | punct |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Rabbit | compound |
| 5 | Rabbit | Rabbit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 6 | really | really | ADV | _ | 7 dive | advmod |
| 7 | dive | dive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | advcl |
| 8 | into | into | ADP | _ | 10 bucket | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 bucket | det |
| 10 | bucket | bucket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dive | obl |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 nap | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 nap | det |
| 13 | nap | nap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dive | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Bro | Brer Rabbit | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rabbit=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | dive | present | Bro not said here | a bucket | for a nap | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into bucket=Location |
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, he never got in, he just looked into the well for a long time
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 got | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 got | advmod |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 looked | advcl |
| 6 | in | in | ADV | _ | 5 got | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 looked | nsubj |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 looked | advmod |
| 10 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | into | into | ADP | _ | 13 well | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 well | det |
| 13 | well | well | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 looked | obl |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 time | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 time | det |
| 16 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 time | amod |
| 17 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 looked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not get in | past | he | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | look | past | he | time | into the well | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into well=Theme |
Option 2
Nope, he hid in the shanty and napped
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 4 hid | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nope | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hid | nsubj |
| 4 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 shanty | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 shanty | det |
| 7 | shanty | shanty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hid | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 napped | cc |
| 9 | napped | nap | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 hid | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | he | the shanty | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in shanty=Location | ||||
| 2 | nap | participle | he not said here | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yep, he jumped in and it dropped
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 4 jumped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yep | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 jumped | nsubj |
| 4 | jumped | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADV | _ | 4 jumped | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 dropped | cc |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 dropped | nsubj |
| 8 | dropped | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 jumped | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump in | past | he | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | drop | past | it | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Yep, he slept in the bucket all day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 4 slept | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yep | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 slept | nsubj |
| 4 | slept | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 bucket | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bucket | det |
| 7 | bucket | bucket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 slept | obl |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 day | det |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 slept | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sleep | past | he | the bucket | day | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in bucket=Location |
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