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title: What did Brer Bear do when he got there? — Uncle Remus, Possum Has No Hair on His… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did Brer Bear do when he got there? Test 7 · ★ 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 op
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# Test 7 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Possum Has No Hair on His Tail: Brer Possum l…

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What did Brer Bear do when he got there?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Brer · **What happens:** do, get

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:583-pg2306-part19:t7:1
# text = What did Brer Bear do when he got there?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	Bear	Bear	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · do-support | Brer |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **get** | past | Brer |  |  | there |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 {#o1}

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roared at the tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:583-pg2306-part19:t7:o1:1
# text = roared at the tree
1	roared	roar	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roar** | participle |  |  |  | the tree |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at tree=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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grabbed Possum tight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:583-pg2306-part19:t7:o2:1
# text = grabbed Possum tight
1	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Possum	Possum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	tight	tight	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | past |  | Possum |  |  |  | tight *property* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent possum=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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shook him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:583-pg2306-part19:t7:o3:1
# text = shook him
1	shook	shake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | past |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

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

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busted in and shook

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:583-pg2306-part19:t7:o4:1
# text = busted in and shook
1	busted	bust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	shook	shake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bust in** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **shake** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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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