Test 2 · ★ · Uncle Remus, A Case of Measles, part 32: Remus brags, gets…

lowkey, what's the deal with Remus gettin' the meezles?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lowkey · What happens: be · To what, where: deal

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 596 «Uncle Remus, A Case of Measles, part 32: Remus brags, gets sick, warns a poor family, and confesses to a murder that may not have happened» 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	lowkey	lowkey	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 deal	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 lowkey	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 deal	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 deal	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 deal	det
6	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 gettin	case
8	Remus	Remus	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 gettin	compound
9	gettin	gettin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 deal	nmod
10	'	'	PUNCT	_	12 meezles	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 meezles	det
12	meezles	meezle	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 gettin	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 deal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	lowkey	the deal				with Remus gettin and the meezles	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 · ← Mova's choice

he had em and sipped herbal stuff

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	3 em	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 em	aux
3	em	em	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sipped	cc
5	sipped	sip	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 em	conj
6	herbal	herbal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stuff	amod
7	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sipped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	em	past · perfect	he						tree rules
2	sip	participle	he not said here	herbal stuff					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Patient

Option 2

he got 'em from his grandkids and drank sassafras tea all day and night

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 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	'em	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 got	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 grandkids	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 grandkids	nmod:poss
6	grandkids	grandkid	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 got	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 drank	cc
8	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 got	conj
9	sassafras	sassafras	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tea	compound
10	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drank	obj
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 day	det
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drank	obl:unmarked
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 night	cc
14	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 day	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	he	'em = they		his grandkids			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent they=Theme from grandkid=Source
2	drink	past	he not said here	sassafras tea			day		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tea=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

he got 'em and drank sassafras tea nonstop

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 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	'em	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 got	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 drank	cc
5	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 got	conj
6	sassafras	sassafras	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tea	compound
7	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 nonstop	compound
8	nonstop	nonstop	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drank	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	he	'em = they					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
2	drink	past	he not said here	tea nonstop					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nonstop=Patient

Option 4

he got 'em from the kids lol, no tea

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 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	'em	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 got	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 kids	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kids	det
6	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 got	obl
7	lol	lol	INTJ	_	2 got	discourse
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 tea	punct
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 tea	det
10	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	he	'em = they				from the kids; no tea obl	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent they=Theme from kid=Source

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