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title: lowkey, what was Terrapin doin' the whole time? — Uncle Remus, Terrapin Shows His Streng… · tree and pragmatics
description: lowkey, what was Terrapin doin' the whole time? Test 7 · ★ 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 ch
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# Test 7 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Terrapin Shows His Strength, part 1: a bet at…

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lowkey, what was Terrapin doin' the whole time?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lowkey · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Terrapin doin

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:582-pg2306-part18:t7:1
# text = lowkey, what was Terrapin doin' the whole time?
1	lowkey	lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	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	Terrapin	Terrapin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	doin	doin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | lowkey | Terrapin doin and the whole time |  |  |  |  | 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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sittin' in a chair stirrin' the pot all night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:582-pg2306-part18:t7:o1:1
# text = sittin' in a chair stirrin' the pot all night
1	sittin	sittin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	stirrin	stirrin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
rockin' in his chair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:582-pg2306-part18:t7:o2:1
# text = rockin' in his chair
1	rockin	Rockin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
rockin' in his chair and watchin' the molasses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:582-pg2306-part18:t7:o3:1
# text = rockin' in his chair and watchin' the molasses
1	rockin	Rockin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	watchin	watchin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	molasses	molass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
sittin' by the fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:582-pg2306-part18:t7:o4:1
# text = sittin' by the fire
1	sittin	sittin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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