--- title: Dude, why did Brer Fox think he finally had Brer Rabbit? — Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 5: Bre… · tree and pragmatics description: Dude, why did Brer Fox think he finally had Brer Rabbit? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 569 «Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 5: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox into the brier-patch» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/569-pg2306-part5/t1/) [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 Tar-Baby, part 5: Bre…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/569-pg2306-part5/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 5: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer… Dude, why did Brer Fox think he finally had Brer Rabbit? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Brer · **What happens:** think, have · **To what, where:** Brer Rabbit · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 569 «Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 5: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox into the brier-patch» 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/569-pg2306-part5/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:569-pg2306-part5:t1:1 # text = Dude, why did Brer Fox think he finally had Brer Rabbit? 1 Dude dude NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 Fox Fox PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ _ 7 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 finally finally ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 11 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | Brer | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past | Brer | Brer Rabbit | | | | finally *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rabbit=Patient | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Cause the rabbit was stuck to that tar doll, bro ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:569-pg2306-part5:t1:o1:1 # text = Cause the rabbit was stuck to that tar doll, bro 1 Cause cause VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 stuck stuck ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 ccomp _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 8 tar tar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 doll doll NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | | 2 | **is** | past | the rabbit | | | | | to that tar doll and bro; stuck *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Cause the rabbit was tied up tight ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:569-pg2306-part5:t1:o2:1 # text = Cause the rabbit was tied up tight 1 Cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 compound _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 tied tie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 tight tight ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | | 2 | **tie up** | past · passive | | the Cause rabbit | | | | tight *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Cause the fox had a big net, dude ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:569-pg2306-part5:t1:o3:1 # text = Cause the fox had a big net, dude 1 Cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 compound _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 net net NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 dude dude NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | | 2 | **have** | past | the Cause fox | a big net and dude | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent net=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Cause he was stuck ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:569-pg2306-part5:t1:o4:1 # text = Cause he was stuck 1 Cause cause SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 stuck stuck ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | stuck *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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