Test 9 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Sad Fate of Mr. Fox: Brer Rabbit tricks B…
is this the last of the Rabbit, for real?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: last
This is test 9 · ★ 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 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 last | cop |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 last | det |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 last | det |
| 4 | last | last | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 real | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Rabbit | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Rabbit | det |
| 7 | Rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 last | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 real | punct |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 real | case |
| 10 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 10 real | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | this last | of the Rabbit | 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
yup, Fox got him at last
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yup | yup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Fox | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yup | punct |
| 3 | Fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 last | case |
| 7 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 got | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | yup Fox | him = he | last | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Theme at last=Asset |
Option 2
yup, he got caught by Miss Fox in the end
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yup | yup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yup | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 caught | aux:pass |
| 5 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 Fox | case |
| 7 | Miss | Miss | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Fox | compound |
| 8 | Fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 caught | obl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 end | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 end | det |
| 11 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 caught | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | past · passive | Miss Fox | yup | in the end | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
nah, he got clean away from the dogs and the cow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | clean | clean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 got | xcomp |
| 6 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 got | advmod |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 dogs | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 dogs | det |
| 9 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 got | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 cow | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 cow | det |
| 12 | cow | cow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dogs | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get away | past | he | from the dogs and the cow; away, clean property | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from dog=Source |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
nah, he got clean away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | clean | clean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 got | xcomp |
| 6 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 got | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get away | past | he | away, clean property | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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