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title: why was everybody at Miss Meadows' place, y'all? — Uncle Remus, Terrapin Shows His Streng… · tree and pragmatics
description: why was everybody at Miss Meadows' place, y'all? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 582 «Uncle Remus, Terrapin Shows His Strength, part 1: a bet at the candy-pulling and a tug-of-war» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Test 5 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Terrapin Shows His Strength, part 1: a bet at…

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why was everybody at Miss Meadows' place, y'all?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** everybody · **What happens:** be

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 582 «Uncle Remus, Terrapin Shows His Strength, part 1: a bet at the candy-pulling and a tug-of-war» 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/582-pg2306-part18/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:582-pg2306-part18:t5:1
# text = why was everybody at Miss Meadows' place, y'all?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	everybody	everybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	1	nsubj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	Miss	Miss	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
6	Meadows	meadow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	y'all	y'all	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | everybody |  |  |  |  | why *property* | 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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to help Miss Meadows cook all the food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:582-pg2306-part18:t5:o1:1
# text = to help Miss Meadows cook all the food
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
3	Miss	Miss	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	Meadows	meadow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	cook	cook	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | to-infinitive | Meadows *not said here* |  | Miss |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent miss=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **cook** | present | Meadows | all food |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent food=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
for a candy-pullin'

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:582-pg2306-part18:t5:o2:1
# text = for a candy-pullin'
1	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	candy	candy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	pullin	pullin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
for a candy-pullin' and a fiddle dance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:582-pg2306-part18:t5:o3:1
# text = for a candy-pullin' and a fiddle dance
1	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	candy	candy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	pullin	pullin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	fiddle	fiddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
for a corn shuckin'

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:582-pg2306-part18:t5:o4:1
# text = for a corn shuckin'
1	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	shuckin	shuckin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

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