--- title: so the tale is basically a big trick, that's the vibe? — Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Miss Cow,… · tree and pragmatics description: so the tale is basically a big trick, that's the vibe? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 572 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Miss Cow, part 8: Brer Rabbit tricks Miss Cow into a tree, then Brer Terrapin goes calling» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/572-pg2306-part8/t8/) [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, Brer Rabbit and Miss Cow,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/572-pg2306-part8/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Miss Cow, part 8: Brer Rabbit… so the tale is basically a big trick, that's the vibe? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tale, that · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** big trick, vibe This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 572 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Miss Cow, part 8: Brer Rabbit tricks Miss Cow into a tree, then Brer Terrapin goes calling» 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/572-pg2306-part8/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:572-pg2306-part8:t8:1 # text = so the tale is basically a big trick, that's the vibe? 1 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 basically basically ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 vibe vibe NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the tale | a big trick and the vibe | | | | basically *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | that | the vibe | | | | | tree rules | 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, Brer Rabbit got tricked too and Cow won the day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:572-pg2306-part8:t8:o1:1 # text = nah, Brer Rabbit got tricked too and Cow won the day 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ _ 5 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 tricked trick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 Cow Cow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trick** | past · passive | | Brer | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **win** | past | Cow | | | | day | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} yeah, he tricked everyone and Miss Cow got caught ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:572-pg2306-part8:t8:o2:1 # text = yeah, he tricked everyone and Miss Cow got caught 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 tricked trick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 Miss Miss PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 Cow Cow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 flat _ _ 9 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trick** | past | he | everyone | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Patient | | 2 | **catch** | past · passive | | Miss | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} yeah, a big trick ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:572-pg2306-part8:t8:o3:1 # text = yeah, a big trick 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} yeah, Brer Rabbit played everybody and Miss Cow fell for it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:572-pg2306-part8:t8:o4:1 # text = yeah, Brer Rabbit played everybody and Miss Cow fell for it 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 5 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 Miss Miss PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 Cow Cow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 flat _ _ 10 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | past | Brer Rabbit | everybody | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everybody=Theme | | 2 | **fall** | past | Miss | | | | | for it | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for it=Theme | **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. 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