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title: yo, bruh, did Rabbit really get Fox killed in that cow? — Uncle Remus, The Sad Fate of Mr. Fox:… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo, bruh, did Rabbit really get Fox killed in that cow? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 588 «Uncle Remus, The Sad Fate of Mr. Fox: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox to his death and escapes Miss Fox» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 1 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Sad Fate of Mr. Fox: Brer Rabbit tricks B…

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yo, bruh, did Rabbit really get Fox killed in that cow?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** rabbit, get, kill · **To what, where:** Fox

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 588 «Uncle Remus, The Sad Fate of Mr. Fox: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox to his death and escapes Miss Fox» 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/588-pg2306-part24/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:588-pg2306-part24:t1:1
# text = yo, bruh, did Rabbit really get Fox killed in that cow?
1	yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	Rabbit	rabbit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
7	really	really	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	det	_	_
13	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rabbit** | past · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn berry-13.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **get** | imperative | you *not said here* | Fox |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fox=Stimulus |
| 3 | **kill** | participle |  | Fox *not said here* |  |  |  | in that cow | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 {#o1}

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yeah, Rabbit set up Fox in the maul and then ate the beef

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:588-pg2306-part24:t1:o1:1
# text = yeah, Rabbit set up Fox in the maul and then ate the beef
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
4	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	maul	maul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
12	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	beef	beef	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **eat** | past | Rabbit set Fox in the maul | the beef |  |  | then |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beef=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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yeah, Rabbit set up Fox in the maul with the cow owner's help and a big knife

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:588-pg2306-part24:t1:o2:1
# text = yeah, Rabbit set up Fox in the maul with the cow owner's help and a big knife
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
4	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	maul	maul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **help** |  | the cow owner |  |  |  |  |  | nom help «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, Rabbit set up Fox in the maul

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:588-pg2306-part24:t1:o3:1
# text = yeah, Rabbit set up Fox in the maul
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
4	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	maul	maul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nope, Fox set up Rabbit in the pot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:588-pg2306-part24:t1:o4:1
# text = nope, Fox set up Rabbit in the pot
1	nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
4	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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