Test 2 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Well: Brer Fox falls down…

Lowkey, why did Fox peek down the well?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Fox · What happens: peek down · To what, where: well

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Lowkey	Lowkey	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 peek	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Lowkey	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 peek	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 peek	aux
5	Fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 peek	nsubj
6	peek	peek	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	down	down	ADP	_	6 peek	compound:prt
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 well	det
9	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 peek	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 peek	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	peek down	past · do-support	Fox	the well				Lowkey vocative	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

He wanted to get a drink of water

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 get	mark
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 drink	det
6	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 water	case
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drink	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	get not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	a drink of water					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer drink=Stimulus

Option 2

He saw a rope hanging down and wanted to climb it

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 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rope	det
4	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obj
5	hanging	hang	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 rope	acl
6	down	down	ADV	_	5 hanging	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 wanted	cc
8	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 saw	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 climb	mark
10	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 wanted	xcomp
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 climb	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	see	past	He	a rope		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rope=Stimulus
2	hang down	gerund	a rope not said here		down property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	want	past	He not said here			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	climb not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	rope		vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location it=Theme

Option 3

He thought Rabbit had dropped his hat and wanted it back so bad

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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 dropped	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dropped	aux
5	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 thought	ccomp
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hat	nmod:poss
7	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dropped	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wanted	cc
9	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 thought	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 wanted	obj
11	back	back	ADV	_	9 wanted	advmod
12	so	so	ADV	_	13 bad	advmod
13	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 wanted	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	drop	past · perfect	Rabbit	Rabbit's hat		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hat=Theme
3	want back	past	He not said here	hat	bad property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot it=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He thought Rabbit hid money down there

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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 hid	nsubj
4	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 thought	ccomp
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hid	obj
6	down	down	ADV	_	4 hid	advmod
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 hid	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	hide down	past	Rabbit	money		there		down property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient

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