--- title: Bruh, what did Rabbit tell the folks at the end? — Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Well:… · tree and pragmatics description: Bruh, what did Rabbit tell the folks at the end? Test 6 · ★ 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' --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/576-pg2306-part12/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Well: Brer Fox falls down… Bruh, what did Rabbit tell the folks at the end? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Rabbit · **What happens:** tell · **To what, where:** folks, end · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:576-pg2306-part12:t6:1 # text = Bruh, what did Rabbit tell the folks at the end? 1 Bruh bruh INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 folks folk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Rabbit | the folks | | | at the end | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent what=Recipient folk=Topic | 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} Fox was down the well trying to steal all of their fish ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:576-pg2306-part12:t6:o1:1 # text = Fox was down the well trying to steal all of their fish 1 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 down down ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 trying try VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 steal steal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Fox | | | | | down the well | tree rules | | 2 | **try** | gerund | the well *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **steal** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the well *not said here* | all | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location all=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Fox dropped mud in the well and ran away from town ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:576-pg2306-part12:t6:o2:1 # text = Fox dropped mud in the well and ran away from town 1 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 away away ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drop** | past | Fox | mud | | the well | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent mud=Theme in well=Destination | | 2 | **run away** | past | Fox *not said here* | | | town | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from town=Trajectory | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Fox was muddying their water ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:576-pg2306-part12:t6:o3:1 # text = Fox was muddying their water 1 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 muddying muddy VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **muddy** | past · progressive | Fox | their water | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent water=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Fox was fishing in their pond ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:576-pg2306-part12:t6:o4:1 # text = Fox was fishing in their pond 1 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 fishing fish VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 pond pond NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fish** | past · progressive | Fox | | | their pond | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in pond=Location | **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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