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title: Bro, where did the rabbit sit after he got out? — Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 5: Bre… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, where did the rabbit sit after he got out? Test 5 · ★ 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 was w
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# Test 5 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 5: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer…

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Bro, where did the rabbit sit after he got out?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bro · **What happens:** do, sit, get out · **To what, where:** rabbit

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:569-pg2306-part5:t5:1
# text = Bro, where did the rabbit sit after he got out?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	4	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	sit	sit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the rabbit |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rabbit=Eventuality |
| 2 | **sit** | present | Bro |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **get out** | past | Bro |  |  |  |  |  | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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On a chinkapin log way up the hill, chillin' like nothing happened

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:569-pg2306-part5:t5:o1:1
# text = On a chinkapin log way up the hill, chillin' like nothing happened
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	chinkapin	chinkapin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	log	log	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	chillin	chillin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	_
12	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	14	nsubj	_	_
14	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **log** | imperative | you *not said here* | way |  | a chinkapin |  | up the hill | vn berry-13.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Location |
| 2 | **happen** | past | nothing |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
On a chinkapin log up the hill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:569-pg2306-part5:t5:o2:1
# text = On a chinkapin log up the hill
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	chinkapin	chinkapin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	log	log	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **log up** | imperative | you *not said here* | the hill |  | a chinkapin |  |  | vn berry-13.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hill=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sitting on a big chinkapin log right up the hill by the old barn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:569-pg2306-part5:t5:o3:1
# text = Sitting on a big chinkapin log right up the hill by the old barn
1	Sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	chinkapin	chinkapin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	log	log	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	right	right	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	barn	barn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | gerund |  |  |  | a big chinkapin log |  | up the hill; by the old barn | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on log=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In a hole by the creek

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:569-pg2306-part5:t5:o4:1
# text = In a hole by the creek
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	creek	creek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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