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title: Y'all seen how the fox got tied up at the rack? — Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 2: Bre… · tree and pragmatics
description: Y'all seen how the fox got tied up at the rack? Test 4 · ★ 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 each opt
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# Test 4 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 2: Brer Rabbit rides Brer…

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Y'all seen how the fox got tied up at the rack?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** see, tie up · **To what, where:** fox, rack

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:570-pg2306-part6:t4:1
# text = Y'all seen how the fox got tied up at the rack?
1	Y'all	y'all	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	rack	rack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | y'all *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **tie up** | past · passive |  | the fox |  | the rack |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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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Yeah, the rabbit hitched him good and tight to the rack by the gate

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:570-pg2306-part6:t4:o1:1
# text = Yeah, the rabbit hitched him good and tight to the rack by the gate
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hitched	hitch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	tight	tight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	rack	rack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hitch** | past | the rabbit | him *= he* |  |  |  | by the gate; good *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yep, the girls tied him tight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:570-pg2306-part6:t4:o2:1
# text = Yep, the girls tied him tight
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	tied	tie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	tight	tight	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | past | the girls | him *= he* |  |  |  | tight *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the rabbit tied him well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:570-pg2306-part6:t4:o3:1
# text = Yeah, the rabbit tied him well
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	tied	tie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | past | the rabbit | him *= he* |  |  |  | well *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the rabbit hitched him good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:570-pg2306-part6:t4:o4:1
# text = Yeah, the rabbit hitched him good
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hitched	hitch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hitch** | past | the rabbit | him *= he* |  |  |  | good *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

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