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title: Bet, who got the butter first? — Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Well:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bet, who got the butter first? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 576 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Well: Brer Fox falls down the well, and the butter goes missing» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was righ
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# Test 10 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Well: Brer Fox falls down…

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Bet, who got the butter first?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Bet · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** butter

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 576 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Well: Brer Fox falls down the well, and the butter goes missing» 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/576-pg2306-part12/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:576-pg2306-part12:t10:1
# text = Bet, who got the butter first?
1	Bet	bet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:outer	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | Bet | the butter |  |  |  | first *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer butter=Stimulus |

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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 {#o1}

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Brer Possum carried it home from the spring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:576-pg2306-part12:t10:o1:1
# text = Brer Possum carried it home from the spring
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Possum	Possum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	home	home	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past | Brer | it |  |  | spring | home *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Brer Fox brought it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:576-pg2306-part12:t10:o2:1
# text = Brer Fox brought it
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Fox	Fox	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past | Brer | it |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Brer Possum got it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:576-pg2306-part12:t10:o3:1
# text = Brer Possum got it
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Possum	Possum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | Brer | it |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Brer Rabbit found it near the creek in town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:576-pg2306-part12:t10:o4:1
# text = Brer Rabbit found it near the creek in town
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	near	near	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	creek	creek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | Brer | it |  | the creek in town |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

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