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title: Why's Remus wearin' a red rag under his chin, fam? — Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Savan… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why's Remus wearin' a red rag under his chin, fam? Test 8 · ★ 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, with the dependenc
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# Test 8 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Savannah Darkey, part 30:…

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Why's Remus wearin' a red rag under his chin, fam?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:t8:1
# text = Why's Remus wearin' a red rag under his chin, fam?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	Remus	Remus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	wearin	wearin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	rag	rag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
9	under	under	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	chin	chin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Bad tooth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:t8:o1:1
# text = Bad tooth
1	Bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	tooth	tooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He's sick, fam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:t8:o2:1
# text = He's sick, fam
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | sick *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He got a bad tooth, for real

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:t8:o3:1
# text = He got a bad tooth, for real
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tooth	tooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | He | a bad tooth |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tooth=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He got a toothache, real bad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:t8:o4:1
# text = He got a toothache, real bad
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	toothache	toothache	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | He | a toothache |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer toothache=Stimulus |

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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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