Test 13 · ★ · Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit, Rabbit Succeeded in Raising a…

wait how did rabbit even wait for the whole sludge-hammer thing?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, rabbit · What happens: wait

This is test 13 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 wait	advmod
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 wait	aux
4	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wait	nsubj
5	even	even	ADV	_	6 wait	advmod
6	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	advcl
7	for	for	ADP	_	13 thing	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 thing	det
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 thing	amod
10	sludge	sludge	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hammer	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 sludge	punct
12	hammer	hammer	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 thing	compound
13	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wait	obl
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	wait	past · do-support	rabbit					for the whole hammer thing	vn exist-47.1 «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 hid under the jimson weeds, lowkey genius

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 hid	nsubj
2	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	under	under	ADP	_	6 weeds	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 jimson	det
5	jimson	jimson	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 weeds	nsubj
6	weeds	weed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 hid	advcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 genius	punct
8	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 genius	compound
9	genius	genius	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	he	lowkey genius					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	weed	present	the jimson						vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

he hid in a hole

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 hid	nsubj
2	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 hole	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hole	det
5	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	he			a hole			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in hole=Location

Option 3

he sat in the grass and watched it all, fr genius

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 sat	nsubj
2	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 grass	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 grass	det
5	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sat	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 watched	cc
7	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sat	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 watched	obj
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 it	det
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 genius	punct
11	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 genius	compound
12	genius	genius	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 watched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	he			the grass			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in grass=Location
2	watch	past	he not said here	grass				fr genius obl	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

he hid behind a fence and kinda waited, lowkey clever

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 hid	nsubj
2	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	behind	behind	ADP	_	5 fence	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fence	det
5	fence	fence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hid	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 waited	cc
7	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	8 waited	advmod
8	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hid	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 lowkey	punct
10	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 waited	obl
11	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 waited	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	he			a fence			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind fence=Location
2	wait	past	he not said here	lowkey				clever, kinda property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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