Test 6 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Sad Fate of Mr. Fox: Brer Rabbit tricks B…

bruh, how did he keep Tobe busy for a dollar?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: keep · To what, where: Tobe

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 588 «Uncle Remus, The Sad Fate of Mr. Fox: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox to his death and escapes Miss Fox» 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	bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	6 keep	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 keep	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 keep	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 keep	aux
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 keep	nsubj
6	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	Tobe	Tobe	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 keep	obj
8	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 keep	xcomp
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 dollar	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 dollar	det
11	dollar	dollar	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 busy	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past · do-support	he	Tobe				busy property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tobe=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 · ← Mova's choice

he sent him down to the branch for a bucket of water and waited

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 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	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 sent	obj
4	down	down	ADP	_	2 sent	compound:prt
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 branch	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 branch	det
7	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 bucket	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bucket	det
10	bucket	bucket	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 water	case
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bucket	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 waited	cc
14	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sent	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send down	past	he	him = he		the branch		for a bucket of water	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to branch=Destination
2	wait	past	he not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

he sent him to the branch for water and paid him a dollar

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 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	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 sent	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 branch	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 branch	det
6	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 water	case
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 paid	cc
10	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sent	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 paid	obj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 dollar	det
13	dollar	dollar	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 paid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	he	him = he		the branch		for water	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to branch=Destination
2	pay	past	he not said here		him = he				vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient dollar=Asset

Option 3

he asked him to fetch the pail

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 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	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 asked	iobj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 fetch	mark
5	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 asked	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pail	det
7	pail	pail	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fetch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	he		him = he				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	fetch not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	the pail					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pail=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

he sent him to the branch for water

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 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	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 sent	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 branch	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 branch	det
6	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 water	case
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	he	him = he		the branch		for water	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to branch=Destination

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