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title: Yo, what was Uncle Remus all bummed about when the boy found him? — Uncle Remus, A Plantation Witch, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, what was Uncle Remus all bummed about when the boy found him? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 586 «Uncle Remus, A Plantation Witch, part 1: the boy hears of witch-stirrups and a witch who loses his skin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 1 · ★ · Uncle Remus, A Plantation Witch, part 1: the boy hears of…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yo, what was Uncle Remus all bummed about when the boy found him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Uncle Remus, boy · **What happens:** be, bum, find · **To what, where:** Uncle Remus, Remus

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 586 «Uncle Remus, A Plantation Witch, part 1: the boy hears of witch-stirrups and a witch who loses his skin» 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/586-pg2306-part22/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:586-pg2306-part22:t1:1
# text = Yo, what was Uncle Remus all bummed about when the boy found him?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Remus	Remus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	all	all	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	bummed	bum	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Uncle Remus |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bum** | past | Uncle Remus |  |  |  |  | all *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **find** | past | the boy | Remus |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a bunch of haints walking round the yard every night since the frost came

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:586-pg2306-part22:t1:o1:1
# text = a bunch of haints walking round the yard every night since the frost came
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bunch	bunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	haints	haint	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	round	round	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	since	since	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	frost	frost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
14	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | gerund | haints *not said here* |  |  |  | since the frost; night | round the yard | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round yard=Trajectory |
| 2 | **come** | past | a bunch of haints |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
his brother sending letters with no name signed at the bottom of the page

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:586-pg2306-part22:t1:o2:1
# text = his brother sending letters with no name signed at the bottom of the page
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sending	send	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	signed	sign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | gerund | his brother | letters |  |  |  | with no name | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme |
| 2 | **sign** | participle |  | no name *not said here* |  | the bottom of the page |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent at bottom=Destination |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a strange light in the back field

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:586-pg2306-part22:t1:o3:1
# text = a strange light in the back field
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
some quare goings-on round the place

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:586-pg2306-part22:t1:o4:1
# text = some quare goings-on round the place
1	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	quare	quare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	goings	going	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	round	round	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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