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title: they payin' for the ride, fr? — Uncle Remus, A Case of Measles, part 3… · tree and pragmatics
description: they payin' for the ride, fr? Test 5 · ★ 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 question an
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# Test 5 · ★ · Uncle Remus, A Case of Measles, part 32: Remus brags, gets…

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they payin' for the ride, fr?

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

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:596-pg2306-part32:t5:1
# text = they payin' for the ride, fr?
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	payin	payin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ride	ride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	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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yeah, the old man flashed a whole five-dollar bill for the ride, fr

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:596-pg2306-part32:t5:o1:1
# text = yeah, the old man flashed a whole five-dollar bill for the ride, fr
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	flashed	flash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
9	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	dollar	dollar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	ride	ride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flash** | past | the old man | a whole dollar bill |  |  |  | for the ride and fr | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bill=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, like a ten dollar bill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:596-pg2306-part32:t5:o2:1
# text = yeah, like a ten dollar bill
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	dollar	dollar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, they handed over a five-dollar bill and a dime

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:596-pg2306-part32:t5:o3:1
# text = yep, they handed over a five-dollar bill and a dime
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	handed	hand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	dollar	dollar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	dime	dime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hand** | past | they |  |  | a dollar bill and a dime |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, a five-dollar bill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:596-pg2306-part32:t5:o4:1
# text = yep, a five-dollar bill
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	dollar	dollar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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