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# Test 1 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Savannah Darkey, part 30:…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yo, was the Savannah dude straight flexin' on old Remus?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** dude straight flexin, old Remus

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 594 «Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Savannah Darkey, part 30: a proud coast servant brags, Remus teases back, then a toothache sends him grumbling to the office» 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/594-pg2306-part30/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:t1:1
# text = Yo, was the Savannah dude straight flexin' on old Remus?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	Savannah	Savannah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
7	straight	straight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	flexin	flexin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	Remus	Remus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the dude straight flexin |  | old Remus |  |  | 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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he was showin' out with his brass chain and his fine velvet coat the whole time

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:t1:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he was showin' out with his brass chain and his fine velvet coat the whole time
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	showin	showin	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	out	out	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
14	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	velvet	velvet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **showin out** | past · progressive | he |  |  |  | time | with his brass chain and his fine velvet coat; out *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he was showin' out with his brass chain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:t1:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he was showin' out with his brass chain
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	showin	showin	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	out	out	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **showin out** | past · progressive | he |  |  |  |  | with his brass chain; out *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he was flexin' his gold ring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:t1:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he was flexin' his gold ring
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	flexin	flexin	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	gold	gold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flexin** | past · progressive | he | his gold ring |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he was braggin' 'bout his fancy suit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:t1:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he was braggin' 'bout his fancy suit
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	braggin	braggin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	bout	bout	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	suit	suit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | bout his fancy suit; braggin *property* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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