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title: No cap, why did Fox smell a rat? — Uncle Remus, Fox Is "Outdone" by Mr. R… · tree and pragmatics
description: No cap, why did Fox smell a rat? Test 9 · ★ 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 option; Mova's 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Fox Is "Outdone" by Mr. Rabbit: Brer Rabbit t…

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No cap, why did Fox smell a rat?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cap · **What happens:** smell · **To what, where:** rat

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:571-pg2306-part7:t9:1
# text = No cap, why did Fox smell a rat?
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	smell	smell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rat	rat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** | past · do-support | no cap | a rat |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rat=Stimulus |

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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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He figured out Rabbit's trick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:571-pg2306-part7:t9:o1:1
# text = He figured out Rabbit's trick
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	figured	figure	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **figure out** | past | He | Rabbit's trick |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Topic |
| 2 | **trick** |  | Rabbit |  |  |  |  |  | nom trick «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He noticed the tree was hollow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:571-pg2306-part7:t9:o2:1
# text = He noticed the tree was hollow
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	noticed	notice	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	hollow	hollow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **notice** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | past | the tree |  |  |  |  | hollow *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He saw through Rabbit's tricks after the Buzzard had been fooled and left

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:571-pg2306-part7:t9:o3:1
# text = He saw through Rabbit's tricks after the Buzzard had been fooled and left
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	tricks	trick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Buzzard	Buzzard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	fooled	fool	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | He |  |  | Rabbit's tricks |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **fool** | past · perfect · passive |  | the Buzzard |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **leave** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **trick** |  | Rabbit |  |  |  |  |  | nom trick «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He realized Buzzard was not a good guard and Rabbit had escaped long before

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:571-pg2306-part7:t9:o4:1
# text = He realized Buzzard was not a good guard and Rabbit had escaped long before
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	realized	realize	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Buzzard	Buzzard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	escaped	escape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
13	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	14	advmod	_	_
14	before	before	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **realize** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | past | Buzzard | a good guard |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **escape** | past · perfect | Rabbit |  |  |  |  | before *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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