--- title: real talk, what does Brer Rabbit ask Brer Fox for? — Legends of the Old Plantation, Uncle R… · tree and pragmatics description: real talk, what does Brer Rabbit ask Brer Fox for? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 567 «Legends of the Old Plantation, Uncle Remus Initiates the Little Boy, part 3: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox out of a dinner» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/567-pg2306-part3/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Legends of the Old Plantation, Uncle R…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/567-pg2306-part3/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Legends of the Old Plantation, Uncle Remus Initiates the L… real talk, what does Brer Rabbit ask Brer Fox for? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Brer, real talk · **What happens:** rabbit, ask · **To what, where:** Brer Fox This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 567 «Legends of the Old Plantation, Uncle Remus Initiates the Little Boy, part 3: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox out of a dinner» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/567-pg2306-part3/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:567-pg2306-part3:t11:1 # text = real talk, what does Brer Rabbit ask Brer Fox for? 1 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 5 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 Rabbit rabbit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 8 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rabbit** | present · do-support | Brer | | | | | | vn berry-13.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Location | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | real talk | | Brer Fox | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fox=Recipient | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} calamus root, which he said he needed to season the chicken properly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:567-pg2306-part3:t11:o1:1 # text = calamus root, which he said he needed to season the chicken properly 1 calamus calamus NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 root root NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 obj _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 needed need VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 season season NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 chicken chicken NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 13 properly properly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | root | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent which=Topic | | 2 | **need** | past | calamus root | the chicken | | | season | properly *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot chicken=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} some sage for the stuffing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:567-pg2306-part3:t11:o2:1 # text = some sage for the stuffing 1 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 sage sage NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 stuffing stuffing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} pepper for the soup pot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:567-pg2306-part3:t11:o3:1 # text = pepper for the soup pot 1 pepper pepper NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 soup soup NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} calamus root for the chicken ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:567-pg2306-part3:t11:o4:1 # text = calamus root for the chicken 1 calamus calamus NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 root root NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 chicken chicken NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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