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title: Bruh, where was the rabbit chillin' while the wolf was diggin'? — Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruh, where was the rabbit chillin' while the wolf was diggin'? Test 5 · ★ 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 pragm
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# Test 5 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf, part 2: Brer Rabbi…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bruh, where was the rabbit chillin' while the wolf was diggin'?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** wolf · **What happens:** be, diggin · **To what, where:** rabbit chillin

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:579-pg2306-part15:t5:1
# text = Bruh, where was the rabbit chillin' while the wolf was diggin'?
1	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	13	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	7	advmod	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	chillin	chillin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	diggin	diggin	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the rabbit chillin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **diggin** | past · progressive | the wolf |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
On his porch, smokin' a cigar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:579-pg2306-part15:t5:o1:1
# text = On his porch, smokin' a cigar
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	porch	porch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	smokin	smokin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cigar	cigar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In his bed, sleepin' in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:579-pg2306-part15:t5:o2:1
# text = In his bed, sleepin' in
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	sleepin	sleepin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lounging on his porch in a rocker, smokin' a fat cigar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:579-pg2306-part15:t5:o3:1
# text = Lounging on his porch in a rocker, smokin' a fat cigar
1	Lounging	lounge	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	porch	porch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rocker	rocker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	smokin	smokin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	fat	fat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	cigar	cigar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lounge** | gerund |  | a fat cigar |  | his porch |  | in a rocker | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cigar=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In the kitchen, cookin' food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:579-pg2306-part15:t5:o4:1
# text = In the kitchen, cookin' food
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	cookin	cookin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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