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title: Bet, what kinda tree was the Rabbit hiding in? — Uncle Remus, Fox Is "Outdone" by Mr. R… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bet, what kinda tree was the Rabbit hiding in? Test 6 · ★ 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 each o
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# Test 6 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Fox Is "Outdone" by Mr. Rabbit: Brer Rabbit t…

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Bet, what kinda tree was the Rabbit hiding in?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bet, Rabbit · **What happens:** be, hide · **To what, where:** Rabbit

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:571-pg2306-part7:t6:1
# text = Bet, what kinda tree was the Rabbit hiding in?
1	Bet	bet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	_
4	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
9	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Bet | the Rabbit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hide** | gerund | the Rabbit *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A hollow tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:571-pg2306-part7:t6:o1:1
# text = A hollow tree
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	hollow	hollow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A tall elm tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:571-pg2306-part7:t6:o2:1
# text = A tall elm tree
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	elm	elm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A broken pecan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:571-pg2306-part7:t6:o3:1
# text = A broken pecan
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	pecan	pecan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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A big old hollow sycamore tree down by the creek bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:571-pg2306-part7:t6:o4:1
# text = A big old hollow sycamore tree down by the creek bank
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	hollow	hollow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	sycamore	sycamore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	down	down	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	creek	creek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	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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