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title: Lowkey scary, what did the boy hear before bed? — Uncle Remus, A Plantation Witch, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lowkey scary, what did the boy hear before bed? Test 12 · ★ 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 and of each option
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# Test 12 · ★ · Uncle Remus, A Plantation Witch, part 1: the boy hears of…

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Lowkey scary, what did the boy hear before bed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** hear

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This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:586-pg2306-part22:t12:1
# text = Lowkey scary, what did the boy hear before bed?
1	Lowkey	Lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
9	before	before	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past · do-support | the boy |  |  |  | before bed |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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the old man singin' a lusty tune

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:586-pg2306-part22:t12:o1:1
# text = the old man singin' a lusty tune
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	singin	singin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	lusty	lusty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	tune	tune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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frogs croakin'

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:586-pg2306-part22:t12:o2:1
# text = frogs croakin'
1	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	compound	_	_
2	croakin	croakin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the mule stompin' in the lot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:586-pg2306-part22:t12:o3:1
# text = the mule stompin' in the lot
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	mule	mule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	stompin	stompin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a fiddle playin' a reel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:586-pg2306-part22:t12:o4:1
# text = a fiddle playin' a reel
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fiddle	fiddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	playin	playin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	reel	reel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
```

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

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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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