Test 1 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Little Boy, part 25: the…

Bruh, did the old man finally spill the tea on Brer Rabbit or nah?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: do, spill · To what, where: old man, tea

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 589 «Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Little Boy, part 25: the old man refuses more tales, then offers a ride and a string of sayings and songs» 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	_	3 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 man	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 man	amod
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
7	finally	finally	ADV	_	8 spill	advmod
8	spill	spill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tea	det
10	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spill	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 Rabbit	case
12	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Rabbit	compound
13	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 spill	obl
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 nah	cc
15	nah	nah	INTJ	_	13 Rabbit	discourse
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the old man					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Eventuality
2	spill	present		the tea				on Brer Rabbit; finally property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tea=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

Nah, he sat quiet and ate his supper alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 sat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sat	nsubj
4	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sat	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 ate	cc
7	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sat	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 supper	nmod:poss
9	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ate	obj
10	alone	alone	ADV	_	7 ate	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	he					quiet property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	eat	past	he not said here	his supper				alone property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supper=Patient

Option 2

Yeah, he spilled every bit of it and then left the porch in a hurry

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 spilled	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 spilled	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 spilled	nsubj
4	spilled	spill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 bit	det
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spilled	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 bit	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 left	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 left	advmod
11	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 spilled	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 porch	det
13	porch	porch	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 left	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 hurry	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 hurry	det
16	hurry	hurry	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spill	past	he	every bit of bit					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bit=Theme
2	leave	past	he not said here	the porch		a hurry	then		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent porch=Theme in hurry=Location

Option 3

Yeah, he gave it up right away and told it all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 gave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 gave	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	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 gave	obj
6	up	up	ADP	_	4 gave	compound:prt
7	right	right	ADV	_	8 away	advmod
8	away	away	ADV	_	4 gave	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 told	cc
10	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 gave	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 told	obj
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 it	det

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give up	past	he	it				away property	vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Source
2	tell speech: assert	past	he not said here		it				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Nah, he flat out refused and said no more tales

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 refused	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 refused	nsubj
4	flat	flat	ADV	_	6 refused	advmod
5	out	out	ADV	_	6 refused	advmod
6	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 said	cc
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 refused	conj
9	no	no	ADV	_	10 more	advmod
10	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 tales	amod
11	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 said	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	he					flat, out property	vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	past	he not said here	more tales					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent tale=Topic

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