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title: Did Rabbit really have a gold-mine, or was he just fibbin'? — Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Buzz… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did Rabbit really have a gold-mine, or was he just fibbin'? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 580 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Buzzard, part 16: Rabbit tricks Buzzard into carrying him home from the island» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 3 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Buzzard, part 16: Rabbit…

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Did Rabbit really have a gold-mine, or was he just fibbin'?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Rabbit · **What happens:** have, be · **To what, where:** gold mine, fibbin

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 580 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Buzzard, part 16: Rabbit tricks Buzzard into carrying him home from the island» 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/580-pg2306-part16/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:580-pg2306-part16:t3:1
# text = Did Rabbit really have a gold-mine, or was he just fibbin'?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	aux	_	_
2	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	mine	mine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	just	just	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	fibbin	fibbin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present |  | a gold mine |  |  |  | Rabbit *vocative* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mine=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | past | Rabbit | fibbin |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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He was just fibbin' to fool the Buzzard into carrying him over the river

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:580-pg2306-part16:t3:o1:1
# text = He was just fibbin' to fool the Buzzard into carrying him over the river
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	fibbin	fibbin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	fool	fool	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Buzzard	Buzzard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	into	into	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	over	over	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | He | fibbin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fool** | to-infinitive |  | the Buzzard |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent buzzard=Patient |
| 3 | **carry** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  | the river |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Rabbit really did have a gold-mine but he lost it to Buzzard in a card game last year

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:580-pg2306-part16:t3:o2:1
# text = Rabbit really did have a gold-mine but he lost it to Buzzard in a card game last year
1	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	mine	my	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	conj	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Buzzard	Buzzard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
19	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past · do-support | Rabbit | a gold |  |  | year |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Patient |
| 2 | **lose** | past | Rabbit | gold | Buzzard | a card game |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was telling the truth about it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:580-pg2306-part16:t3:o3:1
# text = He was telling the truth about it
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · progressive | He | the truth |  |  |  | about truth | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient about it=Topic |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was just fibbin' to fool the Buzzard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:580-pg2306-part16:t3:o4:1
# text = He was just fibbin' to fool the Buzzard
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	fibbin	fibbin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	fool	fool	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Buzzard	Buzzard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | He | fibbin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fool** | to-infinitive |  | the Buzzard |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent buzzard=Patient |

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**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.

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