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title: Ay, whose orchard was that, fo' real? — Uncle Remus, Possum Has No Hair on His… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ay, whose orchard was that, fo' real? Test 3 · ★ 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 each optio
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# Test 3 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Possum Has No Hair on His Tail: Brer Possum l…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ay, whose orchard was that, fo' real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** orchard · **What happens:** be

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:583-pg2306-part19:t3:1
# text = Ay, whose orchard was that, fo' real?
1	Ay	ay	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	orchard	orchard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	fo	for	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	10	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	_
10	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | orchard |  |  |  |  | real *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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
dat ole Brer Bear's, fo' real

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:583-pg2306-part19:t3:o1:1
# text = dat ole Brer Bear's, fo' real
1	dat	that	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	ole	ole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Bear	Bear	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
7	fo	for	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	9	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	_
9	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Brer Rabbit's, I reckon, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:583-pg2306-part19:t3:o2:1
# text = Brer Rabbit's, I reckon, bro
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	reckon	reckon	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | I | Brer Rabbit and bro *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent rabbit=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Brer Fox's

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:583-pg2306-part19:t3:o3:1
# text = Brer Fox's
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Fox	Fox	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Brer Bear's

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:583-pg2306-part19:t3:o4:1
# text = Brer Bear's
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Bear	Bear	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
```

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

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