--- title: Why's Possum's tail all bald now, for real? — Uncle Remus, Possum Has No Hair on His… · tree and pragmatics description: Why's Possum's tail all bald now, for real? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 583 «Uncle Remus, Possum Has No Hair on His Tail: Brer Possum loses his tail hair while stealing Brer Bear's persimmons.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/583-pg2306-part19/t11/) [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, Possum Has No Hair on His…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/583-pg2306-part19/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Possum Has No Hair on His Tail: Brer Possum l… Why's Possum's tail all bald now, for real? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tail · **What happens:** be This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 583 «Uncle Remus, Possum Has No Hair on His Tail: Brer Possum loses his tail hair while stealing Brer Bear's persimmons.» 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/583-pg2306-part19/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:583-pg2306-part19:t11:1 # text = Why's Possum's tail all bald now, for real? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 Possum Possum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 bald bald ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Possum's tail | | | | | why *property* | tree rules | 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} Bear pulled hair out ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:583-pg2306-part19:t11:o1:1 # text = Bear pulled hair out 1 Bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull out** | past | Bear | hair | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Bear tore the fur off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:583-pg2306-part19:t11:o2:1 # text = Bear tore the fur off 1 Bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tore tore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tore off** | past | Bear | the fur | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Bear yanked the hair out ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:583-pg2306-part19:t11:o3:1 # text = Bear yanked the hair out 1 Bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 yanked yank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **yank out** | past | Bear | the hair | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent hair=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Bear yanked the hair out when Possum ran past him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:583-pg2306-part19:t11:o4:1 # text = Bear yanked the hair out when Possum ran past him 1 Bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 yanked yank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 Possum Possum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 9 past past ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **yank out** | past | Bear | the hair | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent hair=Patient | | 2 | **run** | past | Possum | | | | | past Bear | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past he=Trajectory | **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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