--- title: bro what did rabbit say when he hit the rock, something about "yer c… — Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit, Rabbit Su… · tree and pragmatics description: bro what did rabbit say when he hit the rock, something about "yer come de dus"? Test 9 · ★ 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 pragma --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/585-pg2306-part21/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit, Rabbit Succeeded in Raising a… bro what did rabbit say when he hit the rock, something about "yer come de dus"? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** rabbit, yer · **What happens:** say, hit, come · **To what, where:** rock, de dus · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:585-pg2306-part21:t9:1 # text = bro what did rabbit say when he hit the rock, something about "yer come de dus"? 1 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 vocative _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 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 hit hit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 10 conj _ _ 13 about about SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 yer yer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 16 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl _ _ 17 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 18 compound _ _ 18 dus dus NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | rabbit | | | | | bro *vocative* | tree rules | | 2 | **hit** | past | rabbit | the rock | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme rock=Co-Theme | | 3 | **come** *in a quote* | present | yer | de dus | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location dus=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} yep, "stan' fudder, ladies" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:585-pg2306-part21:t9:o1:1 # text = yep, "stan' fudder, ladies" 1 yep yep INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 stan Stan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 6 fudder fudder NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} nah, "hi ladies" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:585-pg2306-part21:t9:o2:1 # text = nah, "hi ladies" 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 hi hi INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ 5 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} yep, "come on, dus'" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:585-pg2306-part21:t9:o3:1 # text = yep, "come on, dus'" 1 yep yep INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 dus dus NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come on** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | dus | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} yep, "ouch" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:585-pg2306-part21:t9:o4:1 # text = yep, "ouch" 1 yep yep INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ouch ouch NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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