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title: Bruh, did the rabbit actually ride the fox like a pony? — Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 2: Bre… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruh, did the rabbit actually ride the fox like a pony? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 570 «Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 2: Brer Rabbit rides Brer Fox to Miss Meadows's and hitches him to the rack» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Test 1 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 2: Brer Rabbit rides Brer…

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Bruh, did the rabbit actually ride the fox like a pony?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, ride · **To what, where:** rabbit, fox

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 570 «Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 2: Brer Rabbit rides Brer Fox to Miss Meadows's and hitches him to the rack» 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/570-pg2306-part6/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:570-pg2306-part6:t1:1
# text = Bruh, did the rabbit actually ride the fox like a pony?
1	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	ride	ride	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	pony	pony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	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 | **ride** | present |  | the fox |  |  |  | like a pony; actually *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Yep, all the way to Miss Meadows's

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:570-pg2306-part6:t1:o1:1
# text = Yep, all the way to Miss Meadows's
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	Miss	Miss	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Meadows	Meadows	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nope, he walked the fox to the creek

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:570-pg2306-part6:t1:o2:1
# text = Nope, he walked the fox to the creek
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	creek	creek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past | he | the fox |  | the creek |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent fox=Theme to creek=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yep, he rode the fox to the creek

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:570-pg2306-part6:t1:o3:1
# text = Yep, he rode the fox to the creek
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	creek	creek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | past | he | the fox |  | the creek |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent fox=Theme to creek=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nope, just a bit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:570-pg2306-part6:t1:o4:1
# text = Nope, just a bit
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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