Test 9 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf, part 2: Brer Rabbi…

Wait, what's the rabbit's big move with the cow tail?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: big move

This is test 9 · ★ 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 move	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 move	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 move	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rabbit	det
6	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 move	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 rabbit	case
8	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 move	amod
9	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
10	with	with	ADP	_	13 tail	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tail	det
12	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tail	compound
13	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 move	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present		the rabbit's big move				with the cow tail	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

He stuck it in the dirt and yanked, then ran away laughing at the wolf

The tree, 15 words

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 stuck	nsubj
2	stuck	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stuck	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 dirt	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dirt	det
6	dirt	dirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stuck	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 yanked	cc
8	yanked	yank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stuck	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 ran	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 ran	advmod
11	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stuck	conj
12	away	away	ADV	_	11 ran	advmod
13	laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 ran	advcl
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 wolf	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 wolf	det
16	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 laughing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stick	past	He	it	the dirt			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in dirt=Destination
2	yank	past	He not said here					vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
3	run away	past	He not said here			then	away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	laugh	gerund	He not said here		the wolf			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He stuck it in the dirt, then yanked it hard so the cow would pop out

The tree, 16 words

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 stuck	nsubj
2	stuck	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stuck	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 dirt	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dirt	det
6	dirt	dirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stuck	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 yanked	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 yanked	advmod
9	yanked	yank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stuck	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 yanked	obj
11	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 yanked	advmod
12	so	so	SCONJ	_	16 pop	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 cow	det
14	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 pop	nsubj
15	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 pop	aux
16	pop	pop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 yanked	advcl
17	out	out	ADP	_	16 pop	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stick	past	He	it	the dirt			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in dirt=Destination
2	yank	past	He not said here	dirt		then	hard property	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient
3	pop out	would	the cow					vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He stuck it in the dirt, then yanked

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 stuck	nsubj
2	stuck	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stuck	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 dirt	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dirt	det
6	dirt	dirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stuck	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 yanked	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 yanked	advmod
9	yanked	yank	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 stuck	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stick	past	He	it		the dirt			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in dirt=Destination
2	yank	participle	He not said here				then		vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

Option 4

He dug it up, then tossed

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 dug	nsubj
2	dug	dig	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dug	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 dug	compound:prt
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 tossed	punct
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 tossed	advmod
7	tossed	toss	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 dug	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig up	past	He	it					vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	toss	participle	He not said here				then		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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