---
title: Lowkey, what was the wolf lugging on his shoulder? — Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lowkey, what was the wolf lugging on his shoulder? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 579 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf, part 2: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Wolf out of his best cow, and Brer Wolf digs for nothing» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/579-pg2306-part15/t2/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/579-pg2306-part15/) / t2

# Test 2 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf, part 2: Brer Rabbi…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lowkey, what was the wolf lugging on his shoulder?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lowkey, wolf · **What happens:** be, lug · **To what, where:** wolf, shoulder

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 579 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf, part 2: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Wolf out of his best cow, and Brer Wolf digs for nothing» 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/579-pg2306-part15/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:579-pg2306-part15:t2:1
# text = Lowkey, what was the wolf lugging on his shoulder?
1	Lowkey	Lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
7	lugging	lug	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Lowkey | the wolf |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lug** | gerund | the wolf *not said here* |  |  | Lowkey's shoulder |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A massive string of fish he caught at the creek earlier

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:579-pg2306-part15:t2:o1:1
# text = A massive string of fish he caught at the creek earlier
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	string	string	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	creek	creek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	earlier	early	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | past | a massive string of fish |  |  | the creek |  | early *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent at creek=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A long string of catfish, lowkey stolen, bruh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:579-pg2306-part15:t2:o2:1
# text = A long string of catfish, lowkey stolen, bruh
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	string	string	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	catfish	catfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
8	stolen	steal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
10	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | participle |  | lowkey *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A load of wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:579-pg2306-part15:t2:o3:1
# text = A load of wood
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	load	load	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A string of fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:579-pg2306-part15:t2:o4:1
# text = A string of fish
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	string	string	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

<!-- div src -->

**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf…, test 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/579-pg2306-part15/t1/)
- next →: [Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf…, test 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/579-pg2306-part15/t3/)
- ↑ back to [Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf, part 2: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Wolf out of his best cow, and Brer Wolf digs for nothing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/579-pg2306-part15/)