--- title: ok so the frogs were basically trolling Brer Fox the whole time? — Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf… · tree and pragmatics description: ok so the frogs were basically trolling Brer Fox the whole time? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 575 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf, part 11: Rabbit scalds Brer Wolf with hot water» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/575-pg2306-part11/t11/) [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 Brer Wolf…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/575-pg2306-part11/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf, part 11: Rabbit sc… ok so the frogs were basically trolling Brer Fox the whole time? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** frogs · **What happens:** troll · **To what, where:** Brer Fox This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 575 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf, part 11: Rabbit scalds Brer Wolf with hot water» 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/575-pg2306-part11/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:575-pg2306-part11:t11:1 # text = ok so the frogs were basically trolling Brer Fox the whole time? 1 ok ok INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ _ 2 so so SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 frogs frog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 basically basically ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 trolling troll VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 Fox Fox PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **troll** | past · progressive | the frogs | Brer Fox | | | time | basically *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent fox=Location | 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} yeah they told him fibs to get him wet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:575-pg2306-part11:t11:o1:1 # text = yeah they told him fibs to get him wet 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 fibs fib NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 iobj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | they | | fibs | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | him *= he* | | | | wet *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} yeah they told him lies to make him fall in ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:575-pg2306-part11:t11:o2:1 # text = yeah they told him lies to make him fall in 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 in in ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | they | | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 2 | **lie** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | to-infinitive | | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **fall in** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} yeah they were loud ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:575-pg2306-part11:t11:o3:1 # text = yeah they were loud 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | they | | | | | loud *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} yeah they fooled him so he jumped in ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:575-pg2306-part11:t11:o4:1 # text = yeah they fooled him so he jumped in 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fooled fool VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 in in ADV RB _ 7 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fool** | past | they | him *= he* | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 2 | **jump in** | past | he | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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