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title: wait how did rabbit even wait for the whole sludge-hammer thing? — Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit, Rabbit Su… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait how did rabbit even wait for the whole sludge-hammer thing? Test 13 · ★ 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 of the que
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# Test 13 · ★ · Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit, Rabbit Succeeded in Raising a…

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wait how did rabbit even wait for the whole sludge-hammer thing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, rabbit · **What happens:** wait

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This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:585-pg2306-part21:t13:1
# text = wait how did rabbit even wait for the whole sludge-hammer thing?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	even	even	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
10	sludge	sludge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	hammer	hammer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **wait** | past · do-support | rabbit |  |  |  |  | for the whole hammer thing | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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he hid under the jimson weeds, lowkey genius

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:585-pg2306-part21:t13:o1:1
# text = he hid under the jimson weeds, lowkey genius
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	jimson	jimson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	weeds	weed	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	genius	genius	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | he | lowkey genius |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **weed** | present | the jimson |  |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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he hid in a hole

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:585-pg2306-part21:t13:o2:1
# text = he hid in a hole
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | he |  |  | a hole |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in hole=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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he sat in the grass and watched it all, fr genius

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:585-pg2306-part21:t13:o3:1
# text = he sat in the grass and watched it all, fr genius
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	genius	genius	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | he |  |  | the grass |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in grass=Location |
| 2 | **watch** | past | he *not said here* | grass |  |  |  | fr genius *obl* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he hid behind a fence and kinda waited, lowkey clever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:585-pg2306-part21:t13:o4:1
# text = he hid behind a fence and kinda waited, lowkey clever
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | he |  |  | a fence |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind fence=Location |
| 2 | **wait** | past | he *not said here* | lowkey |  |  |  | clever, kinda *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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