--- title: why'd the rabbit cut the fox loose? was it a whole glow up or a glow… — Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit, Rabbit Su… · tree and pragmatics description: why'd the rabbit cut the fox loose? was it a whole glow up or a glow down? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 585 «Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit, Rabbit Succeeded in Raising a Dust: Fox is tied up and beaten, Rabbit wins a wife» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/585-pg2306-part21/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 and Brer Rabbit, Rabbit Su…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/585-pg2306-part21/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit, Rabbit Succeeded in Raising a… why'd the rabbit cut the fox loose? was it a whole glow up or a glow down? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** rabbit · **What happens:** cut, be, glow up · **To what, where:** fox This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 585 «Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit, Rabbit Succeeded in Raising a Dust: Fox is tied up and beaten, Rabbit wins a wife» 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/585-pg2306-part21/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:585-pg2306-part21:t11:1 # text = why'd the rabbit cut the fox loose? was it a whole glow up or a glow down? 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd 'd PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 loose loose ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 14 glow glow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 15 up up ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 or or CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 glow glow NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 19 down down ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut** | past | the rabbit | the fox | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Product | | 2 | **is a** | past | | fox | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **glow up** | infinitive | the rabbit *not said here* | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} he cut him loose in time, big brain move ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:585-pg2306-part21:t11:o1:1 # text = he cut him loose in time, big brain move 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 loose loose ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 9 brain brain NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 move move NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut** | past | he | him *= he* | | | time | big brain move *obl*; loose *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Product | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} he freed him just before Mr. Man came, smart ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:585-pg2306-part21:t11:o2:1 # text = he freed him just before Mr. Man came, smart 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 freed free VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 5 before before SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:desc _ _ 7 Man Man PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 smart smart ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **free** | past | he | him *= he* | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer he=Source | | 2 | **come** | past | Man Mr. | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} he slipped the ropes, kinda a glow down ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:585-pg2306-part21:t11:o3:1 # text = he slipped the ropes, kinda a glow down 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 slipped slip 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 ropes rope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 kinda kinda ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 glow glow NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 9 down down ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slip down** | past | he | the ropes | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent rope=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} glow up, fr ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:585-pg2306-part21:t11:o4:1 # text = glow up, fr 1 glow glow VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 fr fr NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **glow up** | imperative | you *not said here* | fr | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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