--- title: Bruh, who was doing all the trash-talking in that tale? — Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 5: Bre… · tree and pragmatics description: Bruh, who was doing all the trash-talking in that tale? Test 8 · ★ 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 choi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/569-pg2306-part5/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 5: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer… Bruh, who was doing all the trash-talking in that tale? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, talk · **To what, where:** tale This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:569-pg2306-part5:t8:1 # text = Bruh, who was doing all the trash-talking in that tale? 1 Bruh bruh INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 13 det:predet _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 8 trash trash NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 talking talk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 nsubj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · progressive | | all tale | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tale=Eventuality | | 2 | **talk** | gerund | | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Brer Fox, sassing the rabbit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:569-pg2306-part5:t8:o1:1 # text = Brer Fox, sassing the rabbit 1 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 sassing sass VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sass** | gerund | Brer Fox *not said here* | the rabbit | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Brer Fox, sassing the rabbit the whole time before he got tricked ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:569-pg2306-part5:t8:o2:1 # text = Brer Fox, sassing the rabbit the whole time before he got tricked 1 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 sassing sass VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 10 before before SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 tricked trick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sass** | gerund | Brer Fox | the rabbit | | | time | | tree rules | | 2 | **trick** | past · passive | | Fox | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} The little boy, mostly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:569-pg2306-part5:t8:o3:1 # text = The little boy, mostly 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 mostly mostly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Brer Bear, mostly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:569-pg2306-part5:t8:o4:1 # text = Brer Bear, mostly 1 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 Bear Bear PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 4 mostly mostly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` 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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