Test 8 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Buzzard, part 16: Rabbit…

Wait, Brer Fox wanted water in a sifter?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Brer · What happens: wait, want · To what, where: water, sifter

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 wanted	punct
3	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 wanted	nsubj
4	Fox	Fox	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Brer	flat
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wanted	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 sifter	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 sifter	det
9	sifter	sifter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wanted	obl
10	?	?	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	want	past	Brer	water		a sifter			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot water=Theme

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

Yep, he told them to fetch water in it from the well out back for his supper

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 told	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	iobj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 fetch	mark
7	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 told	xcomp
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fetch	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 fetch	obl
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 well	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 well	det
13	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fetch	obl
14	out	out	ADP	_	7 fetch	compound:prt
15	back	back	ADV	_	7 fetch	advmod
16	for	for	ADP	_	18 supper	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 supper	nmod:poss
18	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fetch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	he		them = they				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
2	fetch out not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	water		water		from the well; for his supper	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent water=Theme from well=Source for supper=Asset

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yep, he sent 'em to fetch water in it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 sent	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sent	nsubj
4	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	'em	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sent	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 fetch	mark
7	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 sent	advcl
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fetch	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 fetch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	he	'em = they					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	fetch	to-infinitive	he not said here	water		water			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yep, he sent 'em down to the creek to fetch water in it and bring it back

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 sent	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sent	nsubj
4	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	'em	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sent	obj
6	down	down	ADV	_	4 sent	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 creek	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 creek	det
9	creek	creek	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sent	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 fetch	mark
11	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 sent	advcl
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fetch	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 fetch	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 bring	cc
16	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 fetch	conj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 bring	obj
18	back	back	ADV	_	16 bring	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	send down	past	he	'em = they	the creek	down property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to creek=Destination
2	fetch	to-infinitive	he not said here	water	water		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme
3	bring back	infinitive	he not said here	water			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

Yep, he sent 'em to get milk in it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 sent	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sent	nsubj
4	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	'em	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sent	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 get	mark
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 sent	advcl
8	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	he	'em = they					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	get	to-infinitive	he not said here	milk		milk			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer milk=Stimulus

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