--- title: Did the conscrip' man scoop up the overseer, fr? — Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus's Story of th… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the conscrip' man scoop up the overseer, fr? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 592 «Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus's Story of the War, part 28: Remus hides the stock and waits with his axe as the Yankees pass» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/592-pg2306-part28/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's Story of th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/592-pg2306-part28/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus's Story of the War, part 28: Remu… Did the conscrip' man scoop up the overseer, fr? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** man · **What happens:** scoop up · **To what, where:** overseer This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 592 «Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus's Story of the War, part 28: Remus hides the stock and waits with his axe as the Yankees pass» 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/592-pg2306-part28/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:592-pg2306-part28:t5:1 # text = Did the conscrip' man scoop up the overseer, fr? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 conscrip conscrip NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ' 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 scoop scoop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 overseer overseer NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 fr fr NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scoop up** | past · do-support | the conscrip's man | the overseer and fr | | | | | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent overseer=Theme | 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} the hired man got grabbed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:592-pg2306-part28:t5:o1:1 # text = the hired man got grabbed 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 hired hire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 grabbed grab VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hire** | participle | | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **grab** | past · passive | | the hired man | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} yeah, the conscript man took the cook and the mule away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:592-pg2306-part28:t5:o2:1 # text = yeah, the conscript man took the cook and the mule away 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 conscript conscript ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 cook cook NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 mule mule NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 12 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the conscript man | the cook and the mule | | | | away *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cook=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} the conscription man grabbed the overseer and marched him off to camp ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:592-pg2306-part28:t5:o3:1 # text = the conscription man grabbed the overseer and marched him off to camp 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 conscription conscription NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 grabbed grab 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 overseer overseer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 marched march VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 off off ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grab** | past | the conscription man | the overseer | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent overseer=Theme | | 2 | **march off** | past | the conscription man *not said here* | man | | camp | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme to camp=Trajectory | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} the overseer got scooped up ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:592-pg2306-part28:t5:o4:1 # text = the overseer got scooped up 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 overseer overseer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 scooped scoop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scoop up** | past · passive | | the overseer | | | | | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme | **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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