--- title: wait, so what'd he hit her with first? — Uncle Remus, The Wonderful Tar Baby St… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, so what'd he hit her with first? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 568 «Uncle Remus, The Wonderful Tar Baby Story: Brer Rabbit gets stuck fast to the Tar-Baby» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/568-pg2306-part4/t4/) [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/) / [Uncle Remus, The Wonderful Tar Baby St…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/568-pg2306-part4/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Wonderful Tar Baby Story: Brer Rabbit get… wait, so what'd he hit her with first? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, he · **What happens:** wait, hit · **To what, where:** her This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 568 «Uncle Remus, The Wonderful Tar Baby Story: Brer Rabbit gets stuck fast to the Tar-Baby» 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/568-pg2306-part4/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:568-pg2306-part4:t4:1 # text = wait, so what'd he hit her with first? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 'd have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 hit hit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hit** | past | he | her *= she* | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent what=Patient she=Result with first=Instrument | 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} his knee, her big arm ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:568-pg2306-part4:t4:o1:1 # text = his knee, her big arm 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 knee knee NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} his head ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:568-pg2306-part4:t4:o2:1 # text = his head 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} his fist, side of her head ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:568-pg2306-part4:t4:o3:1 # text = his fist, side of her head 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 fist fist NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} his foot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:568-pg2306-part4:t4:o4:1 # text = his foot 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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