--- title: Ong, what excuse did Rabbit give for leaving? — Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Well:… · tree and pragmatics description: Ong, what excuse did Rabbit give for leaving? Test 11 · ★ 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/576-pg2306-part12/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 the Well:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/576-pg2306-part12/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Well: Brer Fox falls down… Ong, what excuse did Rabbit give for leaving? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ong · **What happens:** excuse, give, leave This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:576-pg2306-part12:t11:1 # text = Ong, what excuse did Rabbit give for leaving? 1 Ong Ong PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 excuse excuse VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 for for SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **excuse** | present | Ong | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **give** | past · do-support | Ong | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **leave** | gerund | Ong *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} His children were calling him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:576-pg2306-part12:t11:o1:1 # text = His children were calling him 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past · progressive | His children | | him *= he* | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} His children were calling him from the field across the creek ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:576-pg2306-part12:t11:o2:1 # text = His children were calling him from the field across the creek 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 across across ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 creek creek NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past · progressive | His children | him *= he* | | the field | | across the creek | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent he=Theme from field=Source | ### Option 3 {#o3} His old woman needed him home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:576-pg2306-part12:t11:o3:1 # text = His old woman needed him home 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 needed need VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 home home ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | past | His old woman | him *= he* | | | | home *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} He had to fetch water for his sick old woman and children ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:576-pg2306-part12:t11:o4:1 # text = He had to fetch water for his sick old woman and children 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 fetch fetch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 8 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 9 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | He | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fetch** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | water | | | | for his sick old woman and children | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent water=Theme for woman=Beneficiary | **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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