--- title: Ngl, did Uncle Remus actually eat the teacake? — Uncle Remus, Fox Is "Outdone" by Mr. R… · tree and pragmatics description: Ngl, did Uncle Remus actually eat the teacake? Test 7 · ★ 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/571-pg2306-part7/t7/) [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, Fox Is "Outdone" by Mr. R…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/571-pg2306-part7/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Fox Is "Outdone" by Mr. Rabbit: Brer Rabbit t… Ngl, did Uncle Remus actually eat the teacake? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ngl · **What happens:** do, eat · **To what, where:** Uncle Remus, teacake This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:571-pg2306-part7:t7:1 # text = Ngl, did Uncle Remus actually eat the teacake? 1 Ngl Ngl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Uncle Uncle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Remus Remus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 actually actually ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 eat eat 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 teacake teacake NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Ngl | Uncle Remus | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remus=Eventuality | | 2 | **eat** | present | Ngl *not said here* | the teacake | | | | actually *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teacake=Patient | 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 {#o1} Nah, he saved it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:571-pg2306-part7:t7:o1:1 # text = Nah, he saved it 1 Nah nah 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 saved save VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **save** | past | he | it | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Yeah, he chomped it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:571-pg2306-part7:t7:o2:1 # text = Yeah, he chomped it 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 chomped chomp VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chomp** | past | he | it | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, he shared it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:571-pg2306-part7:t7:o3:1 # text = Yeah, he shared it 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 shared share VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **share** | past | he | it | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, he didn't ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:571-pg2306-part7:t7:o4:1 # text = Nah, he didn't 1 Nah nah 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 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **do** | past | he | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. - ← previous: [Uncle Remus, Fox Is "Outdone" by Mr. R…, test 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/571-pg2306-part7/t6/) - next →: [Uncle Remus, Fox Is "Outdone" by Mr. R…, test 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/571-pg2306-part7/t8/) - ↑ back to [Uncle Remus, Fox Is "Outdone" by Mr. Rabbit: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox and Brer Buzzard into the hollow tree](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/571-pg2306-part7/)