Test 3 · ★ · Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit, Rabbit Succeeded in Raising a…
wait so mr. man saw the fox tied up and thought he was a whole new creature?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, mr. man, man · What happens: wait, see, tie up, think, be · To what, where: fox, whole new creature · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 saw | advmod |
| 3 | mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 man | compound |
| 4 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 saw | nsubj |
| 5 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 wait | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 fox | det |
| 7 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 saw | obj |
| 8 | tied | tie | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 fox | acl |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 tied | compound:prt |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 thought | cc |
| 11 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 saw | conj |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 creature | nsubj |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 creature | cop |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 creature | det |
| 15 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 creature | amod |
| 16 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 creature | amod |
| 17 | creature | creature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 thought | ccomp |
| 18 | ? | ? | 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 | see | past | mr. man | the fox | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fox=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | tie up | participle | the fox not said here | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 4 | think speech: other | past | mr. man not said here | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | is a | past | man | a whole new creature | tree rules |
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
nah, he saw the fox tied up and walked right past without a word
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 saw | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 saw | nsubj |
| 4 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 fox | det |
| 6 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 saw | obj |
| 7 | tied | tie | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 fox | acl |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 tied | compound:prt |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 walked | cc |
| 10 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 saw | conj |
| 11 | right | right | ADV | _ | 12 past | advmod |
| 12 | past | past | ADV | _ | 10 walked | advmod |
| 13 | without | without | ADP | _ | 15 word | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 word | det |
| 15 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 walked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | he | the fox | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fox=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | tie up | participle | the fox not said here | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | walk | past | he not said here | without a word; past property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
yep, and then he took the fox home for dinner and cooked him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 6 took | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 took | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 took | cc |
| 4 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 took | advmod |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 took | nsubj |
| 6 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 fox | det |
| 8 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 took | obj |
| 9 | home | home | ADV | _ | 6 took | advmod |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 dinner | case |
| 11 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 took | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 cooked | cc |
| 13 | cooked | cook | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 took | conj |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 cooked | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | he | the fox | then | for dinner; home property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent fox=Theme for dinner=Beneficiary | ||
| 2 | cook | past | he not said here | fox | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
Option 3
nah, he just said hi to the fox
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 said | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 said | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 said | advmod |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | hi | hi | INTJ | _ | 5 said | ccomp |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 fox | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 fox | det |
| 9 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 said | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | he | the fox | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to fox=Recipient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
yep, he was like "bruh, you changed color"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 10 changed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yep | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 changed | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 changed | cop |
| 5 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 10 changed | mark |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 changed | punct |
| 7 | bruh | bruh | INTJ | _ | 10 changed | discourse |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 bruh | punct |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 changed | nsubj |
| 10 | changed | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | color | color | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 changed | obj |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 color | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | past | he | change property | tree rules |
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