Test 11 · ★ · Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit, Rabbit Succeeded in Raising a…

why'd the rabbit cut the fox loose? was it a whole glow up or a glow down?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: rabbit · What happens: cut, be, glow up · To what, where: fox

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 585 «Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit, Rabbit Succeeded in Raising a Dust: Fox is tied up and beaten, Rabbit wins a wife» 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 cut	advmod
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	5 cut	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rabbit	det
4	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cut	nsubj
5	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fox	det
7	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cut	obj
8	loose	loose	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 it	amod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 loose	punct
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 it	cop
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 cut	obl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 whole	det
13	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cut	parataxis
14	glow	glow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 whole	xcomp
15	up	up	ADP	_	14 glow	compound:prt
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 glow	cc
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 glow	det
18	glow	glow	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 glow	conj
19	down	down	ADP	_	14 glow	compound:prt
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 cut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	cut	past	the rabbit	the fox	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Product
2	is a	past		fox	tree rules
3	glow up	infinitive	the rabbit not said here		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

he cut him loose in time, big brain move

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 cut	nsubj
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cut	obj
4	loose	loose	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cut	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 time	case
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 move	punct
8	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 move	amod
9	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 move	compound
10	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past	he	him = he			time	big brain move obl; loose property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Product

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

he freed him just before Mr. Man came, smart

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 freed	nsubj
2	freed	free	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 freed	obj
4	just	just	ADV	_	8 came	advmod
5	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 came	mark
6	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Man	nmod:desc
7	Man	Man	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 came	nsubj
8	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 freed	advcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 smart	punct
10	smart	smart	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 freed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	free	past	he	him = he					vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer he=Source
2	come	past	Man Mr.						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

he slipped the ropes, kinda a glow down

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 slipped	nsubj
2	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ropes	det
4	ropes	rope	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 slipped	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 glow	punct
6	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	8 glow	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 glow	det
8	glow	glow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slipped	conj
9	down	down	ADP	_	2 slipped	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slip down	past	he	the ropes					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent rope=Patient

Option 4

glow up, fr

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	glow	glow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 glow	compound:prt
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 fr	punct
4	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 glow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	glow up	imperative	you not said here	fr					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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