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title: Real talk, where did Uncle Jeems take his gun? — Uncle Remus, A Plantation Witch, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Real talk, where did Uncle Jeems take his gun? Test 5 · ★ 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 5 · ★ · Uncle Remus, A Plantation Witch, part 1: the boy hears of…

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Real talk, where did Uncle Jeems take his gun?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Uncle Jeems · **What happens:** take · **To what, where:** gun

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:586-pg2306-part22:t5:1
# text = Real talk, where did Uncle Jeems take his gun?
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Jeems	Jeems	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	gun	gun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past · do-support | Uncle Jeems | Jeems's gun |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gun=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 {#o1}

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to the old cemetery to shoot squirrels in the dark with his shotgun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:586-pg2306-part22:t5:o1:1
# text = to the old cemetery to shoot squirrels in the dark with his shotgun
1	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cemetery	cemetery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	shoot	shoot	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	shotgun	shotgun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shoot** | to-infinitive |  | squirrels |  | the dark |  | to the old cemetery; with his shotgun | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent squirrel=Theme to cemetery=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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out to shoot some turkeys

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:586-pg2306-part22:t5:o2:1
# text = out to shoot some turkeys
1	out	out	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	shoot	shoot	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	turkeys	turkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shoot** | to-infinitive |  | some turkeys |  |  |  | out *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turkey=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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to the Harris farm to trap rabbits near the church

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:586-pg2306-part22:t5:o3:1
# text = to the Harris farm to trap rabbits near the church
1	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Harris	Harris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	trap	trap	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	near	near	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trap** | to-infinitive |  | rabbits |  | the church |  | to the Harris farm | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rabbit=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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hunting graveyard rabbits

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:586-pg2306-part22:t5:o4:1
# text = hunting graveyard rabbits
1	hunting	hunt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	graveyard	graveyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | gerund |  | graveyard rabbits |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rabbit=Theme |

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