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title: what did Rabbit say about Brer Tukkey Buzzard? — Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Chimn… · tree and pragmatics
description: what did Rabbit say about Brer Tukkey Buzzard? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 573 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Chimney, part 9: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox out of the chimney, and Brer Wolf makes a plan» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 13 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Chimney, part 9: Brer Rab…

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what did Rabbit say about Brer Tukkey Buzzard?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Rabbit · **What happens:** say · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 573 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Chimney, part 9: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox out of the chimney, and Brer Wolf makes a plan» 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/573-pg2306-part9/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:573-pg2306-part9:t13:1
# text = what did Rabbit say about Brer Tukkey Buzzard?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Tukkey	Tukkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	Buzzard	Buzzard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Rabbit |  |  |  |  | about Brer Tukkey | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

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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 {#o1}

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didn't come to the funeral, no cap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:573-pg2306-part9:t13:o1:1
# text = didn't come to the funeral, no cap
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	come	come	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **come** | past · do-support |  |  |  | the funeral and no cap |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to funeral=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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he said he didn't come to the funeral at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:573-pg2306-part9:t13:o2:1
# text = he said he didn't come to the funeral at all
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **come** | past · do-support | he |  |  | all |  | to the funeral | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to funeral=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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didn't come to the funeral

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:573-pg2306-part9:t13:o3:1
# text = didn't come to the funeral
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	come	come	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **come** | past · do-support |  |  |  | the funeral |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to funeral=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
never showed up to see

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:573-pg2306-part9:t13:o4:1
# text = never showed up to see
1	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **show up** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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