--- title: fr fr, what'd he bust? the merlasses jug? — Uncle Remus, The Wonderful Tar Baby St… · tree and pragmatics description: fr fr, what'd he bust? the merlasses jug? Test 5 · ★ 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 wron --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/568-pg2306-part4/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Wonderful Tar Baby Story: Brer Rabbit get… fr fr, what'd he bust? the merlasses jug? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fr fr · **What happens:** bust · **To what, where:** merlasses jug This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:568-pg2306-part4:t5:1 # text = fr fr, what'd he bust? the merlasses jug? 1 fr fr NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 fr fr NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 'd have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 bust bust VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 merlasses merlass NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 compound _ _ 11 jug jug NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bust** | past | fr fr | the merlasses jug | | | | | tree rules | 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} yep, his corn bread ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:568-pg2306-part4:t5:o1:1 # text = yep, his corn bread 1 yep yep INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} yep, his merlasses jug ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:568-pg2306-part4:t5:o2:1 # text = yep, his merlasses jug 1 yep yep INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 merlasses merlass NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 jug jug VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jug** | present | his merlasses | | | | | | vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} nah, his fishing pole ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:568-pg2306-part4:t5:o3:1 # text = nah, his fishing pole 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 fishing fishing NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 pole pole NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} nope, his hat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:568-pg2306-part4:t5:o4:1 # text = nope, his hat 1 nope nope INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 hat hat 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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