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title: Yo, what's the Jawjy 'intment he's gonna put in the guy's ears? — Uncle Remus, The Toothache, part 31: a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, what's the Jawjy 'intment he's gonna put in the guy's ears? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 595 «Uncle Remus, The Toothache, part 31: a galloping toothache, a talking box, and a stranger who mistakes him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 11 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Toothache, part 31: a galloping toothache…

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Yo, what's the Jawjy 'intment he's gonna put in the guy's ears?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, put · **To what, where:** intment, he, ears

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 595 «Uncle Remus, The Toothache, part 31: a galloping toothache, a talking box, and a stranger who mistakes him» 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/595-pg2306-part31/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:595-pg2306-part31:t11:1
# text = Yo, what's the Jawjy 'intment he's gonna put in the guy's ears?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Jawjy	Jawjy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	'	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	intment	intment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl:relcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the Jawjy's intment |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **put** | present · passive |  | he |  | the guy's ears |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in ear=Destination |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Georgia salve, yeah, it's healin' stuff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:595-pg2306-part31:t11:o1:1
# text = Georgia salve, yeah, it's healin' stuff
1	Georgia	Georgia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	salve	salve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	healin	healin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | healin's stuff |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Carolina ointment, for real, it's fixin' stuff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:595-pg2306-part31:t11:o2:1
# text = Carolina ointment, for real, it's fixin' stuff
1	Carolina	Carolina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	ointment	ointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	fixin	fixin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | ointment | fixin and stuff |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Georgia ointment, for real, it's fixin' stuff he makes up at the mill

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:595-pg2306-part31:t11:o3:1
# text = Georgia ointment, for real, it's fixin' stuff he makes up at the mill
1	Georgia	Georgia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	ointment	ointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	fixin	fixin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	up	up	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | fixin stuff |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make up** | present | Georgia ointment and fixin stuff |  |  | the mill |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Georgia ointment, for real, it's fixin' stuff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:595-pg2306-part31:t11:o4:1
# text = Georgia ointment, for real, it's fixin' stuff
1	Georgia	Georgia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	ointment	ointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	fixin	fixin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | ointment | fixin and stuff |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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