--- title: sus, what did Brer Fox send by Mr. Mink? — Legends of the Old Plantation, Uncle R… · tree and pragmatics description: sus, what did Brer Fox send by Mr. Mink? Test 9 · ★ 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 ea --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/567-pg2306-part3/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Legends of the Old Plantation, Uncle Remus Initiates the L… sus, what did Brer Fox send by Mr. Mink? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Brer · **What happens:** fox · **To what, where:** sus This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:567-pg2306-part3:t9:1 # text = sus, what did Brer Fox send by Mr. Mink? 1 sus sus 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 Fox fox VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 7 send send NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:desc _ _ 10 Mink Mink PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fox** | past · do-support | Brer | sus | | | | by Mink Mr. | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus what=Experiencer send=Result | 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} a letter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:567-pg2306-part3:t9:o1:1 # text = a letter 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} a note saying he was ill ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:567-pg2306-part3:t9:o2:1 # text = a note saying he was ill 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 note note NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | a note *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | he | | | | | ill *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} a pie ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:567-pg2306-part3:t9:o3:1 # text = a pie 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pie pie NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} an excuse that he was sick ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:567-pg2306-part3:t9:o4:1 # text = an excuse that he was sick 1 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 excuse excuse NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 that that ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nmod _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | a excuse that he | | | | | sick *property* | tree rules | **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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