--- title: Ngl, what's the saying about the possum? — Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Littl… · tree and pragmatics description: Ngl, what's the saying about the possum? Test 5 · ★ 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/589-pg2306-part25/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Littl…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/589-pg2306-part25/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Little Boy, part 25: the… Ngl, what's the saying about the possum? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ngl · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** saying This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:589-pg2306-part25:t5:1 # text = Ngl, what's the saying about the possum? 1 Ngl Ngl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 saying saying NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 possum possum NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Ngl | the saying | | | | about the possum | tree rules | 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} Possum keeps his own counsel ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:589-pg2306-part25:t5:o1:1 # text = Possum keeps his own counsel 1 Possum possum NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | Possum | Possum's own counsel | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent counsel=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Possum climbs well ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:589-pg2306-part25:t5:o2:1 # text = Possum climbs well 1 Possum possum NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 climbs climb VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb** | present | Possum | | | | | well *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Possum hides ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:589-pg2306-part25:t5:o3:1 # text = Possum hides 1 Possum possum NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hides hide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | present | Possum | | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Possum's tail good as a paw ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:589-pg2306-part25:t5:o4:1 # text = Possum's tail good as a paw 1 Possum Possum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 paw paw NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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