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title: Ngl, where was the honey hiding? — Uncle Remus, Brer Bear's Swelled Head:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ngl, where was the honey hiding? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 584 «Uncle Remus, Brer Bear's Swelled Head: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Bear into a bee-tree, then Brer Rabbit is caught in Mr. Man's trap» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 3 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Bear's Swelled Head: Brer Rabbit tricks…

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Ngl, where was the honey hiding?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ngl · **What happens:** hide

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 584 «Uncle Remus, Brer Bear's Swelled Head: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Bear into a bee-tree, then Brer Rabbit is caught in Mr. Man's trap» 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/584-pg2306-part20/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:584-pg2306-part20:t3:1
# text = Ngl, where was the honey hiding?
1	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	7	advmod	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past · progressive | Ngl |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Hidden way up inside a big hollow tree by the creek bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:584-pg2306-part20:t3:o1:1
# text = Hidden way up inside a big hollow tree by the creek bank
1	Hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	hollow	hollow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	creek	creek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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In a rotten log

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:584-pg2306-part20:t3:o2:1
# text = In a rotten log
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	rotten	rotten	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	log	log	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Up a hollow tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:584-pg2306-part20:t3:o3:1
# text = Up a hollow tree
1	Up	up	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	hollow	hollow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Stuffed inside the trunk of a huge old oak tree down the road

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:584-pg2306-part20:t3:o4:1
# text = Stuffed inside the trunk of a huge old oak tree down the road
1	Stuffed	stuff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	trunk	trunk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
11	down	down	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stuff** | participle |  |  |  | the trunk of a huge old oak tree down the road |  |  | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent inside trunk=Destination |

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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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