--- title: fr, how old does Remus say he is? — Uncle Remus, A Case of Measles, part 3… · tree and pragmatics description: fr, how old does Remus say he is? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 596 «Uncle Remus, A Case of Measles, part 32: Remus brags, gets sick, warns a poor family, and confesses to a murder that may not have happened» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/596-pg2306-part32/t12/) [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, A Case of Measles, part 3…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/596-pg2306-part32/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Uncle Remus, A Case of Measles, part 32: Remus brags, gets… fr, how old does Remus say he is? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fr, Remus · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 596 «Uncle Remus, A Case of Measles, part 32: Remus brags, gets sick, warns a poor family, and confesses to a murder that may not have happened» 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/596-pg2306-part32/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:596-pg2306-part32:t12:1 # text = fr, how old does Remus say he is? 1 fr fr NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 amod _ _ 5 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 Remus Remus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | fr | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **be** | present | Remus | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} seventy-five years old ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:596-pg2306-part32:t12:o1:1 # text = seventy-five years old 1 seventy seventy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 amod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} seventy-five, I think, lol ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:596-pg2306-part32:t12:o2:1 # text = seventy-five, I think, lol 1 seventy seventy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 lol lol INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | I | | | | | seventy *vocative* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} seventy-five years old, he claims, but who knows ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:596-pg2306-part32:t12:o3:1 # text = seventy-five years old, he claims, but who knows 1 seventy seventy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 claims claim VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **claim** *speech: other* | present | seventy | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **know** | present | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} eighty-five years old, lol ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:596-pg2306-part32:t12:o4:1 # text = eighty-five years old, lol 1 eighty eighty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ 4 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 lol lol INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ ``` 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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