--- title: deadass, who's the one who tries to bail on dinner? — Legends of the Old Plantation, Uncle R… · tree and pragmatics description: deadass, who's the one who tries to bail on dinner? Test 8 · ★ 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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Legends of the Old Plantation, Uncle Remus Initiates the L… deadass, who's the one who tries to bail on dinner? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** deadass, one · **What happens:** be, try, bail · **To what, where:** one, dinner This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:567-pg2306-part3:t8:1 # text = deadass, who's the one who tries to bail on dinner? 1 deadass deadass PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 tries try VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 bail bail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | deadass | the one | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **try** | present | the one | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **bail** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the one *not said here* | | | dinner | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Brer Bear ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:567-pg2306-part3:t8:o1:1 # text = Brer Bear 1 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 Bear Bear PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Brer Fox, with the sick act ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:567-pg2306-part3:t8:o2:1 # text = Brer Fox, with the sick act 1 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 Fox Fox PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 act act NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Brer Rabbit, with the big plan ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:567-pg2306-part3:t8:o3:1 # text = Brer Rabbit, with the big plan 1 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Brer Fox, with the cold trick ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:567-pg2306-part3:t8:o4:1 # text = Brer Fox, with the cold trick 1 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 Fox Fox PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ ``` 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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