--- title: so Fox pretended to be old man Hunter from Huntsville, super sus — Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf… · tree and pragmatics description: so Fox pretended to be old man Hunter from Huntsville, super sus Test 9 · ★ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/575-pg2306-part11/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf, part 11: Rabbit sc… so Fox pretended to be old man Hunter from Huntsville, super sus **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Fox · **What happens:** pretend, be · **To what, where:** sus, Huntsville, old man This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:575-pg2306-part11:t9:1 # text = so Fox pretended to be old man Hunter from Huntsville, super sus 1 so so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 Fox Fox PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 pretended pretend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ 8 Hunter Hunter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Huntsville Huntsville PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 super super ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 sus sus NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pretend** | past | Fox | sus | | Huntsville | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | Fox *not said here* | old man | | | | | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} yeah he was trying to fool everyone ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:575-pg2306-part11:t9:o1:1 # text = yeah he was trying to fool everyone 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 fool fool VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past · progressive | he | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **fool** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | everyone | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} yeah he meant to trick folks ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:575-pg2306-part11:t9:o2:1 # text = yeah he meant to trick folks 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 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 trick trick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 folks folk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | past | he | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **trick** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | folks | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent folk=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} yeah he tried to fool the town ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:575-pg2306-part11:t9:o3:1 # text = yeah he tried to fool the town 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 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 fool fool VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past | he | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **fool** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the town | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} yeah he was trying to fool everyone in the whole county ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:575-pg2306-part11:t9:o4:1 # text = yeah he was trying to fool everyone in the whole county 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 fool fool VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 6 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 county county NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past · progressive | he | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **fool** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | everyone | | the whole county | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Patient | **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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