Test 13 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Buzzard, part 16: Rabbit…

What got Rabbit stuck at the end, anyways?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: get · To what, where: Rabbit

This is test 13 · ★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obj
4	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 got	xcomp
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 end	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 end	det
7	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stuck	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 anyways	punct
9	anyways	anyways	INTJ	_	2 got	discourse
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past		Rabbit				stuck property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rabbit=Stimulus

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

A loop-knot tied to a bent hickory sapling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 knot	det
2	loop	loop	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 knot	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 loop	punct
4	knot	knot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 knot	acl
6	to	to	ADP	_	10 sapling	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 sapling	det
8	bent	bent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 sapling	amod
9	hickory	hickory	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sapling	compound
10	sapling	sapling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	participle		a loop knot not said here				to a bent hickory sapling	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to sapling=Co-Patient

Option 2

A thick rope loop tied with great care to a very old bent hickory sapling on the path

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 loop	det
2	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 loop	amod
3	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 loop	compound
4	loop	loop	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 loop	acl
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 care	case
7	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 care	amod
8	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tied	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	15 sapling	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 sapling	det
11	very	very	ADV	_	12 old	advmod
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 sapling	amod
13	bent	bent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 sapling	amod
14	hickory	hickory	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sapling	compound
15	sapling	sapling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tied	obl
16	on	on	ADP	_	18 path	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 path	det
18	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sapling	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	participle		a thick rope loop not said here				with great care; to a old bent hickory sapling on the path	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient with care=Co-Patient

Option 3

A wire hung from a bent post

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 wire	det
2	wire	wire	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	hung	hang	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 wire	acl
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 post	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 post	det
6	bent	bent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 post	amod
7	post	post	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hung	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	participle		a wire not said here		a bent post			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

A loop-knot tied to a bent hickory sapling by the fence where the crack is

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 knot	det
2	loop	loop	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 knot	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 loop	punct
4	knot	knot	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 is	nsubj
5	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 knot	acl
6	to	to	ADP	_	10 sapling	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 sapling	det
8	bent	bent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 sapling	amod
9	hickory	hickory	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sapling	compound
10	sapling	sapling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tied	obl
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 fence	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fence	det
13	fence	fence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tied	obl
14	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	13 fence	nmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 crack	det
16	crack	crack	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 where	nsubj
17	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	participle		a loop knot not said here				to a bent hickory sapling; by the fence	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to sapling=Co-Patient
2	be	present	a loop knot						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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