--- title: Yo, what was Brer Rabbit's gig, like how much was he gettin' paid? — Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Bear… · tree and pragmatics description: Yo, what was Brer Rabbit's gig, like how much was he gettin' paid? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 581 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Bear, part 17: Brer Bear takes Rabbit's place on the sapling, gets beaten, then is tricked by Bull-frog» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/581-pg2306-part17/t1/) [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 Bear…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/581-pg2306-part17/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Bear, part 17: Brer Bear… Yo, what was Brer Rabbit's gig, like how much was he gettin' paid? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Rabbit · **What happens:** be, pay · **To what, where:** gig, much gettin This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 581 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Bear, part 17: Brer Bear takes Rabbit's place on the sapling, gets beaten, then is tricked by Bull-frog» 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/581-pg2306-part17/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:581-pg2306-part17:t1:1 # text = Yo, what was Brer Rabbit's gig, like how much was he gettin' paid? 1 Yo yo INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 obl _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 gig gig NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 like like ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 11 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 12 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 gettin gettin NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 17 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | Brer Rabbit's gig | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | Rabbit | | | | | like much gettin | tree rules | | 3 | **pay** | participle | | much gettin *not said here* | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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} a quarter a minute ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:581-pg2306-part17:t1:o1:1 # text = a quarter a minute 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 quarter quarter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} a dollar a minute ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:581-pg2306-part17:t1:o2:1 # text = a dollar a minute 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dollar dollar NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} a dime ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:581-pg2306-part17:t1:o3:1 # text = a dime 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dime dime NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} a dime a minute for every crow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:581-pg2306-part17:t1:o4:1 # text = a dime a minute for every crow 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dime dime NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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