Test 5 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf, part 2: Brer Rabbi…

Bruh, where was the rabbit chillin' while the wolf was diggin'?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: wolf · What happens: be, diggin · To what, where: rabbit chillin

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 579 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf, part 2: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Wolf out of his best cow, and Brer Wolf digs for nothing» 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	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	13 diggin	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 chillin	punct
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 chillin	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 chillin	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 chillin	det
6	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chillin	compound
7	chillin	chillin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bruh	appos
8	'	'	PUNCT	_	7 chillin	punct
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	13 diggin	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wolf	det
11	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 diggin	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 diggin	aux
13	diggin	diggin	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
14	'	'	PUNCT	_	13 diggin	punct
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 diggin	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the rabbit chillin					tree rules
2	diggin	past · progressive	the wolf						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 · ✓ the right answer

On his porch, smokin' a cigar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	3 porch	case
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 porch	nmod:poss
3	porch	porch	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 smokin	punct
5	smokin	smokin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 porch	appos
6	'	'	PUNCT	_	5 smokin	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cigar	det
8	cigar	cigar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 porch	conj

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

Option 2

In his bed, sleepin' in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 bed	case
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 bed	nmod:poss
3	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sleepin	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 bed	punct
5	sleepin	sleepin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	'	'	PUNCT	_	5 sleepin	punct
7	in	in	ADP	_	5 sleepin	case

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

Option 3

Lounging on his porch in a rocker, smokin' a fat cigar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lounging	lounge	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 porch	case
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 porch	nmod:poss
4	porch	porch	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lounging	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 rocker	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 rocker	det
7	rocker	rocker	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lounging	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 smokin	punct
9	smokin	smokin	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rocker	appos
10	'	'	PUNCT	_	9 smokin	punct
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 cigar	det
12	fat	fat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 cigar	amod
13	cigar	cigar	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lounging	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lounge	gerund		a fat cigar		his porch		in a rocker	vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cigar=Theme

Option 4

In the kitchen, cookin' food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 kitchen	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 kitchen	det
3	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 food	compound
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 cookin	punct
5	cookin	cookin	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 food	compound
6	'	'	PUNCT	_	5 cookin	punct
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

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