Test 5 · ★ · Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit, Rabbit Succeeded in Raising a…
ok so the rock thing, who actually got the dust out?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: rock thing · What happens: get out · To what, where: dust
This is test 5 · ★ 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 | ok | ok | INTJ | _ | 5 thing | discourse |
| 2 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 5 thing | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 thing | det |
| 4 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 thing | compound |
| 5 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 got | punct |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 got | nsubj |
| 8 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 9 got | advmod |
| 9 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 thing | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 dust | det |
| 11 | dust | dust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 got | obj |
| 12 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 got | compound:prt |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 thing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get out | past | the rock thing | the dust | actually property | 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
brer rabbit did it with the sludge-hammer, massive slay fr
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | brer | br | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 rabbit | amod |
| 2 | rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 did | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 hammer | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 hammer | det |
| 7 | sludge | sludge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 hammer | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 sludge | punct |
| 9 | hammer | hammer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 fr | punct |
| 11 | massive | massive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 fr | amod |
| 12 | slay | slay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 fr | compound |
| 13 | fr | fr | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 hammer | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | brer rabbit | it | with the sludge hammer and massive slay fr | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
Option 2
the girls actually pulled it out, then rabbit kinda took the credit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 girls | det |
| 2 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 pulled | nsubj |
| 3 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 4 pulled | advmod |
| 4 | pulled | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 pulled | obj |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 pulled | compound:prt |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 took | punct |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 took | advmod |
| 9 | rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 took | nsubj |
| 10 | kinda | kinda | ADV | _ | 11 took | advmod |
| 11 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 pulled | conj |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 credit | det |
| 13 | credit | credit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 took | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull out | past | the girls | it | actually property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | take | past | rabbit | the credit | then | kinda property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent credit=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
brer fox, got it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | brer | brer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fox | compound |
| 2 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 fox | punct |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | brer fox | it | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
brer rabbit, slay
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | brer | brer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rabbit | compound |
| 2 | rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 slay | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 rabbit | punct |
| 4 | slay | slay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slay | infinitive | brer rabbit | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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