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title: Bruh, did the old man finally spill the tea on Brer Rabbit or nah? — Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Littl… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruh, did the old man finally spill the tea on Brer Rabbit or nah? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 589 «Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Little Boy, part 25: the old man refuses more tales, then offers a ride and a string of sayings and songs» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Test 1 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Little Boy, part 25: the…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bruh, did the old man finally spill the tea on Brer Rabbit or nah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, spill · **To what, where:** old man, tea

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 589 «Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Little Boy, part 25: the old man refuses more tales, then offers a ride and a string of sayings and songs» 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/589-pg2306-part25/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:589-pg2306-part25:t1:1
# text = Bruh, did the old man finally spill the tea on Brer Rabbit or nah?
1	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	spill	spill	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	13	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the old man |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Eventuality |
| 2 | **spill** | present |  | the tea |  |  |  | on Brer Rabbit; finally *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tea=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he sat quiet and ate his supper alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:589-pg2306-part25:t1:o1:1
# text = Nah, he sat quiet and ate his supper alone
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	supper	supper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | he |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **eat** | past | he *not said here* | his supper |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supper=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he spilled every bit of it and then left the porch in a hurry

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:589-pg2306-part25:t1:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he spilled every bit of it and then left the porch in a hurry
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	spilled	spill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	porch	porch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	hurry	hurry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spill** | past | he | every bit of bit |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bit=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | past | he *not said here* | the porch |  | a hurry | then |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent porch=Theme in hurry=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he gave it up right away and told it all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:589-pg2306-part25:t1:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he gave it up right away and told it all
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	right	right	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give up** | past | he | it |  |  |  | away *property* | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Source |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | he *not said here* |  | it |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he flat out refused and said no more tales

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:589-pg2306-part25:t1:o4:1
# text = Nah, he flat out refused and said no more tales
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	flat	flat	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	out	out	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	no	no	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	11	amod	_	_
11	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | past | he |  |  |  |  | flat, out *property* | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he *not said here* | more tales |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent tale=Topic |

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