Test 11 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Buzzard, part 16: Rabbit…
Why'd Brer Fox bail at the end?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 580 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Buzzard, part 16: Rabbit tricks Buzzard into carrying him home from the island» 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 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 bail | advmod |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 bail | aux |
| 3 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 bail | compound |
| 4 | Fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bail | compound |
| 5 | bail | bail | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 end | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 end | det |
| 8 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bail | nmod |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 bail | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He was scared off because Daddy Rabbit came in with a gun and a big dog
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 | 3 scared | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 scared | cop |
| 3 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 3 scared | compound:prt |
| 5 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 came | mark |
| 6 | Daddy | Daddy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Rabbit | compound |
| 7 | Rabbit | Rabbit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 came | nsubj |
| 8 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 scared | advcl |
| 9 | in | in | ADV | _ | 8 came | advmod |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 gun | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 gun | det |
| 12 | gun | gun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 came | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 dog | cc |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 dog | det |
| 15 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 dog | amod |
| 16 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 gun | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | scared property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | come in | past | Daddy Rabbit | with a gun and a big dog | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
He was caught when Mama came in
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 | 3 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 caught | aux:pass |
| 3 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 came | advmod |
| 5 | Mama | Mama | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 came | nsubj |
| 6 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 caught | advcl |
| 7 | in | in | ADV | _ | 6 came | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | past · passive | He | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | come in | past | Mama | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
His game was up when Daddy Rabbit came in
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 game | nmod:poss |
| 2 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 came | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 up | cop |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 game | compound |
| 5 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 8 came | mark |
| 6 | Daddy | Daddy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Rabbit | compound |
| 7 | Rabbit | Rabbit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 came | nsubj |
| 8 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | in | in | ADV | _ | 8 came | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come in | past | His game | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
His game was up as soon as Daddy Rabbit came in through the door and saw him
The tree, 17 words
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 game | nmod:poss |
| 2 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 saw | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 saw | cop |
| 4 | up | up | ADV | _ | 6 soon | advmod |
| 5 | as | as | ADV | _ | 6 soon | advmod |
| 6 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 16 saw | advmod |
| 7 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 10 came | mark |
| 8 | Daddy | Daddy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Rabbit | compound |
| 9 | Rabbit | Rabbit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 came | nsubj |
| 10 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 saw | advcl |
| 11 | in | in | ADV | _ | 10 came | advmod |
| 12 | through | through | ADP | _ | 14 door | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 door | det |
| 14 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 came | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 saw | cc |
| 16 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 saw | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come in | past | Daddy Rabbit | the door | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through door=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | is | past | His game | see, soon property | tree rules |
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