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title: ngl the bit with the fleas was lowkey savage, right? — Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl the bit with the fleas was lowkey savage, right? Test 4 · ★ 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 option; Mova's cho
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# Test 4 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf, part 11: Rabbit sc…

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ngl the bit with the fleas was lowkey savage, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, bit · **What happens:** ngl, be · **To what, where:** lowkey savage

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:575-pg2306-part11:t4:1
# text = ngl the bit with the fleas was lowkey savage, right?
1	ngl	ngl	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fleas	flea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	lowkey	lowkey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	savage	savage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
11	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ngl** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the bit with the fleas | lowkey savage |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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yeah he kept lying about the fleas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:575-pg2306-part11:t4:o1:1
# text = yeah he kept lying about the fleas
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fleas	flea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lie** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about the fleas | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about flea=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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yeah he blamed the fleas on him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:575-pg2306-part11:t4:o2:1
# text = yeah he blamed the fleas on him
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	blamed	blame	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fleas	flea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blame** | past | he | the fleas |  |  |  | on him *= he* | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flea=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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yeah he kept on lying about the fleas to the wolf the whole time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:575-pg2306-part11:t4:o3:1
# text = yeah he kept on lying about the fleas to the wolf the whole time
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fleas	flea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lie** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  | time | about the fleas; to the wolf | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about flea=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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yeah he kept saying the fleas were biting him all night long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:575-pg2306-part11:t4:o4:1
# text = yeah he kept saying the fleas were biting him all night long
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	csubj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fleas	flea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	biting	bite	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | he |  |  |  | night | long *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | the fleas |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent flea=Topic |
| 3 | **bite** | past · progressive | saying | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

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**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.

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