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title: what rumor went around after that, fr fr? — Uncle Remus, The Fate of Mr. Fox: a ta… · tree and pragmatics
description: what rumor went around after that, fr fr? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 578 «Uncle Remus, The Fate of Mr. Fox: a tattling sparrow gets eaten» 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 wrong.
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# Test 11 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Fate of Mr. Fox: a tattling sparrow gets…

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what rumor went around after that, fr fr?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, go around · **To what, where:** fr fr

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 578 «Uncle Remus, The Fate of Mr. Fox: a tattling sparrow gets eaten» 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/578-pg2306-part14/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:578-pg2306-part14:t11:1
# text = what rumor went around after that, fr fr?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	rumor	rumor	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	around	around	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	fr	fr	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go around** | past |  | fr fr |  |  | after that | around *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Squinch Owl caught some other critter and gobbled it down in the hollow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:578-pg2306-part14:t11:o1:1
# text = Squinch Owl caught some other critter and gobbled it down in the hollow
1	Squinch	squinch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Owl	Owl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
3	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	critter	critter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	gobbled	gobble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	down	down	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hollow	hollow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | past | Squinch | some other critter |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent critter=Theme |
| 2 | **gobble down** | past | Squinch *not said here* | critter |  | the hollow |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Squinch Owl caught some other critter the same way that night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:578-pg2306-part14:t11:o2:1
# text = Squinch Owl caught some other critter the same way that night
1	Squinch	squinch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Owl	Owl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
3	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	critter	critter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | past | Squinch | some other critter |  |  | night | the same way *obl:unmarked* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent critter=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Squinch Owl caught some other critter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:578-pg2306-part14:t11:o3:1
# text = Squinch Owl caught some other critter
1	Squinch	squinch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Owl	Owl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
3	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	critter	critter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | past | Squinch | some other critter |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent critter=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Squinch Owl caught a yellow bird

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:578-pg2306-part14:t11:o4:1
# text = Squinch Owl caught a yellow bird
1	Squinch	squinch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Owl	Owl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
3	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | past | Squinch | a yellow bird |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme |

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