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title: lmao, what did Brer Rabbit sing? — Legends of the Old Plantation, Uncle R… · tree and pragmatics
description: lmao, what did Brer Rabbit sing? Test 12 · ★ 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 question and of each opti
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# Test 12 · ★ · Legends of the Old Plantation, Uncle Remus Initiates the L…

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lmao, what did Brer Rabbit sing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Brer · **What happens:** rabbit · **To what, where:** lmao

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This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:567-pg2306-part3:t12:1
# text = lmao, what did Brer Rabbit sing?
1	lmao	lmao	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	Rabbit	rabbit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
7	sing	sing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rabbit** | past · do-support | Brer | lmao |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

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a silly song about how grease and hides are worth more than corn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:567-pg2306-part3:t12:o1:1
# text = a silly song about how grease and hides are worth more than corn
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
6	grease	grease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	hides	hide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl	_	_
11	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	13	advmod	_	_
12	than	than	ADP	IN	_	11	fixed	_	_
13	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | grease and hides |  |  |  |  | corn *obl*; worth *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a little verse about the sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:567-pg2306-part3:t12:o2:1
# text = a little verse about the sun
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	verse	verse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a rhyme about grease and hide

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:567-pg2306-part3:t12:o3:1
# text = a rhyme about grease and hide
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	grease	grease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	hide	hide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | present | a rhyme about grease |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a long rhyme about grease, hide, and the fat of the chicken

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:567-pg2306-part3:t12:o4:1
# text = a long rhyme about grease, hide, and the fat of the chicken
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	grease	grease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	chicken	chicken	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | infinitive | a long rhyme about grease | the fat of the chicken |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fat=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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