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title: Lit, what did the Rabbit fake to get Buzzard running? — Uncle Remus, Fox Is "Outdone" by Mr. R… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lit, what did the Rabbit fake to get Buzzard running? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 571 «Uncle Remus, Fox Is "Outdone" by Mr. Rabbit: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox and Brer Buzzard into the hollow tree» 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 5 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Fox Is "Outdone" by Mr. Rabbit: Brer Rabbit t…

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Lit, what did the Rabbit fake to get Buzzard running?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Buzzard · **What happens:** do, get, run · **To what, where:** Rabbit

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 571 «Uncle Remus, Fox Is "Outdone" by Mr. Rabbit: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox and Brer Buzzard into the hollow tree» 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/571-pg2306-part7/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:571-pg2306-part7:t5:1
# text = Lit, what did the Rabbit fake to get Buzzard running?
1	Lit	lit	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	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	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
10	Buzzard	Buzzard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the Rabbit |  |  |  | fake *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rabbit=Eventuality |
| 2 | **get** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **run** | gerund | Buzzard |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A squirrel in the tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:571-pg2306-part7:t5:o1:1
# text = A squirrel in the tree
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	squirrel	squirrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A bear in the brush

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:571-pg2306-part7:t5:o2:1
# text = A bear in the brush
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	brush	brush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A fat squirrel hiding up in the big oak tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:571-pg2306-part7:t5:o3:1
# text = A fat squirrel hiding up in the big oak tree
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fat	fat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	squirrel	squirrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide up** | gerund | a fat squirrel *not said here* |  |  | the big oak tree |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tree=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A possum in the tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:571-pg2306-part7:t5:o4:1
# text = A possum in the tree
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	possum	possum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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