Test 11 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Well: Brer Fox falls down…

Ong, what excuse did Rabbit give for leaving?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ong · What happens: excuse, give, leave

This is test 11 · ★ 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	Ong	Ong	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 give	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 excuse	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 excuse	nsubj
4	excuse	excuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Ong	parataxis
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 give	aux
6	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 give	nsubj
7	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	for	for	SCONJ	_	9 leaving	mark
9	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 give	advcl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	excuse	present	Ong	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	give	past · do-support	Ong	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	leave	gerund	Ong not said here	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

His children were calling him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 children	nmod:poss
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 calling	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 calling	aux
4	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 calling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past · progressive	His children		him = he				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 2

His children were calling him from the field across the creek

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 children	nmod:poss
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 calling	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 calling	aux
4	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 calling	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 field	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 field	det
8	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 calling	obl
9	across	across	ADP	_	11 creek	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 creek	det
11	creek	creek	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 calling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past · progressive	His children	him = he		the field		across the creek	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent he=Theme from field=Source

Option 3

His old woman needed him home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 woman	nmod:poss
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 woman	amod
3	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 needed	nsubj
4	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 needed	obj
6	home	home	ADV	_	4 needed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	past	His old woman	him = he				home property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme

Option 4

He had to fetch water for his sick old woman and children

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 fetch	mark
4	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	xcomp
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fetch	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	10 woman	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 woman	nmod:poss
8	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 woman	amod
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 woman	amod
10	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fetch	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 children	cc
12	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 woman	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	He						tree rules
2	fetch	to-infinitive	He not said here	water				for his sick old woman and children	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent water=Theme for woman=Beneficiary

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