Test 1 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Savannah Darkey, part 30:…

Yo, was the Savannah dude straight flexin' on old Remus?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: dude straight flexin, old Remus

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 594 «Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Savannah Darkey, part 30: a proud coast servant brags, Remus teases back, then a toothache sends him grumbling to the office» 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	Yo	yo	INTJ	_	8 flexin	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yo	punct
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 flexin	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 flexin	det
5	Savannah	Savannah	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 dude	compound
6	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 flexin	compound
7	straight	straight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 flexin	amod
8	flexin	flexin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	'	'	PUNCT	_	8 flexin	punct
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 Remus	case
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 Remus	amod
12	Remus	Remus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 flexin	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 flexin	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the dude straight flexin		old Remus			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

Yeah, he was showin' out with his brass chain and his fine velvet coat the whole time

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 showin	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 showin	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 showin	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 showin	aux
5	showin	showin	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	'	'	PUNCT	_	5 showin	punct
7	out	out	ADV	_	5 showin	advmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 chain	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 chain	nmod:poss
10	brass	brass	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 chain	compound
11	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 showin	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 coat	cc
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 coat	nmod:poss
14	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 coat	amod
15	velvet	velvet	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 coat	compound
16	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 chain	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 time	det
18	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 time	amod
19	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 showin	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	showin out	past · progressive	he				time	with his brass chain and his fine velvet coat; out property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he was showin' out with his brass chain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 showin	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 showin	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 showin	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 showin	aux
5	showin	showin	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	'	'	PUNCT	_	5 showin	punct
7	out	out	ADV	_	5 showin	advmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 chain	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 chain	nmod:poss
10	brass	brass	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 chain	compound
11	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 showin	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	showin out	past · progressive	he					with his brass chain; out property	tree rules

Option 3

Yeah, he was flexin' his gold ring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 flexin	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 flexin	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 flexin	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 flexin	aux
5	flexin	flexin	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	'	'	PUNCT	_	5 flexin	punct
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 ring	nmod:poss
8	gold	gold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 ring	amod
9	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 flexin	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flexin	past · progressive	he	his gold ring					tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, he was braggin' 'bout his fancy suit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 braggin	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 braggin	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 braggin	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 braggin	cop
5	braggin	braggin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	'	'	PUNCT	_	5 braggin	punct
7	'	'	PUNCT	_	5 braggin	punct
8	bout	bout	ADP	_	11 suit	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 suit	nmod:poss
10	fancy	fancy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 suit	amod
11	suit	suit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 braggin	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					bout his fancy suit; braggin property	tree rules

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