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title: Ayo, did the boy get a ride home or nah? — Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Littl… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ayo, did the boy get a ride home or nah? Test 10 · ★ 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 tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 10 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Little Boy, part 25: the…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ayo, did the boy get a ride home or nah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ayo, boy · **What happens:** do, get · **To what, where:** ride

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This is test 10 · ★ 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:589-pg2306-part25:t10:1
# text = Ayo, did the boy get a ride home or nah?
1	Ayo	Ayo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ride	ride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	home	home	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Ayo |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | present | the boy | a ride |  |  |  | home *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ride=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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he said the boy was too heavy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:589-pg2306-part25:t10:o1:1
# text = Nah, he said the boy was too heavy
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	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | the boy |  |  |  |  | heavy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, the old man refused and sent the boy off walking alone down the road

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:589-pg2306-part25:t10:o2:1
# text = Nah, the old man refused and sent the boy off walking alone down the road
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
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	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	off	off	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
12	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
13	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	down	down	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | past | the old man |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **send off** | past | the old man *not said here* | the boy |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme |
| 3 | **walk** | gerund | the old man *not said here* |  |  | the road |  | alone *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down road=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the old man was about to tote him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:589-pg2306-part25:t10:o3:1
# text = Yeah, the old man was about to tote him
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	about	about	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	tote	tote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the old man |  |  |  |  | about *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **tote** | to-infinitive | the old man *not said here* | man |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the mule pulled him home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:589-pg2306-part25:t10:o4:1
# text = Yeah, the mule pulled him home
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mule	mule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	home	home	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | past | the mule | him *= he* |  |  |  | home *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent he=Result |

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