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title: what did the men think was in the jug, like molasses or what? — Uncle Remus, That Deceitful Jug, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: what did the men think was in the jug, like molasses or what? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 597 «Uncle Remus, That Deceitful Jug, part 33: an old jug makes the newspaper men tease Uncle Remus» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Test 10 · ★ · Uncle Remus, That Deceitful Jug, part 33: an old jug makes…

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what did the men think was in the jug, like molasses or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** men · **What happens:** think, be · **To what, where:** jug

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 597 «Uncle Remus, That Deceitful Jug, part 33: an old jug makes the newspaper men tease Uncle Remus» 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/597-pg2306-part33/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:597-pg2306-part33:t10:1
# text = what did the men think was in the jug, like molasses or what?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	jug	jug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	molasses	molass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | the men |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past |  |  |  | the jug and molasses |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Molasses, kerosene, or train-oil, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:597-pg2306-part33:t10:o1:1
# text = Molasses, kerosene, or train-oil, bro
1	Molasses	molass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	kerosene	kerosene	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Molasses, kerosene, or whiskey, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:597-pg2306-part33:t10:o2:1
# text = Molasses, kerosene, or whiskey, bro
1	Molasses	molass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	kerosene	kerosene	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	whiskey	whiskey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Molasses, kerosene, or train-oil, bro, and maybe a little stolen cider too

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:597-pg2306-part33:t10:o3:1
# text = Molasses, kerosene, or train-oil, bro, and maybe a little stolen cider too
1	Molasses	molass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	kerosene	kerosene	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
13	maybe	maybe	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	stolen	steal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	amod	_	_
17	cider	cider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
18	too	too	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Molasses, kerosene, or train-oil, bro, all mixed with the bread crumbs from the staff's lunch

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:597-pg2306-part33:t10:o4:1
# text = Molasses, kerosene, or train-oil, bro, all mixed with the bread crumbs from the staff's lunch
1	Molasses	molass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	kerosene	kerosene	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	's	's	PART	POS	_	20	case	_	_
22	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mix** | participle · passive | Molasses and kerosene or train oil and bro *not said here* | all |  | the staff's lunch |  | with the bread crumbs | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with crumb=Co-Patient |

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