--- title: Bruh, what did the fox say he'd do, like, for real? — Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 5: Bre… · tree and pragmatics description: Bruh, what did the fox say he'd do, like, for real? Test 2 · ★ 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 choice w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/569-pg2306-part5/t2/) [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/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 5: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer… Bruh, what did the fox say he'd do, like, for real? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fox · **What happens:** do, say, like · **To what, where:** fox · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:569-pg2306-part5:t2:1 # text = Bruh, what did the fox say he'd do, like, for real? 1 Bruh bruh INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 like like VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the fox | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **do** | would | fox | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **like** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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} Hang him from a tree ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:569-pg2306-part5:t2:o1:1 # text = Hang him from a tree 1 Hang hang VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | a tree | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Roast him up good over a fire for a bobby-cue, no lie ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:569-pg2306-part5:t2:o2:1 # text = Roast him up good over a fire for a bobby-cue, no lie 1 Roast roast VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 5 over over ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 bobby bobby NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 cue cue NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 15 det _ _ 15 lie lie NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roast up** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | a fire | | for a bobby cue and no lie; good *property* | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent he=Patient for cue=Beneficiary | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Roast him up for a bobby-cue ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:569-pg2306-part5:t2:o3:1 # text = Roast him up for a bobby-cue 1 Roast roast VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 bobby bobby NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 cue cue NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roast up** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | for a bobby cue | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent he=Patient for cue=Beneficiary | ### Option 4 {#o4} Grill him on the fire rack ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:569-pg2306-part5:t2:o4:1 # text = Grill him on the fire rack 1 Grill grill VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 rack rack NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grill** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | on the fire rack | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient on rack=Instrument | **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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