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title: lowkey, that fire trick was genius, right? — Uncle Remus, The Sad Fate of Mr. Fox:… · tree and pragmatics
description: lowkey, that fire trick was genius, right? Test 2 · ★ 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 option; Mova's c
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# Test 2 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Sad Fate of Mr. Fox: Brer Rabbit tricks B…

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lowkey, that fire trick was genius, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fire trick · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** genius

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:588-pg2306-part24:t2:1
# text = lowkey, that fire trick was genius, right?
1	lowkey	lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
4	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	genius	genius	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
9	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | that fire trick | genius |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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for real, he played Fox for the fire and then ran off laughing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:588-pg2306-part24:t2:o1:1
# text = for real, he played Fox for the fire and then ran off laughing
1	for	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
12	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	off	off	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | he | Fox |  |  |  | for real; for the fire | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent fox=Theme for real=Eventuality |
| 2 | **run off** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **laugh** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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for real, Rabbit tricked Fox into the fire and the cow and got clean away

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:588-pg2306-part24:t2:o2:1
# text = for real, Rabbit tricked Fox into the fire and the cow and got clean away
1	for	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	tricked	trick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
15	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	_
16	away	away	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | past | real Rabbit | Fox |  |  |  | into the fire and the cow *result* | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent fox=Patient into fire=Result |
| 2 | **get away** | past | real Rabbit *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away, clean *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, Fox played him for the cow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:588-pg2306-part24:t2:o3:1
# text = nah, Fox played him for the cow
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Fox	Fox	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | Fox | him *= he* |  |  |  | for the cow | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent he=Theme for cow=Eventuality |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
for real, he played Fox for the fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:588-pg2306-part24:t2:o4:1
# text = for real, he played Fox for the fire
1	for	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | he | Fox |  |  |  | for real; for the fire | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent fox=Theme for real=Eventuality |

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