--- title: Lowkey, what did Remus say about the collection? — Uncle Remus, The Florida Watermelon, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Lowkey, what did Remus say about the collection? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 598 «Uncle Remus, The Florida Watermelon, part 34: Remus warns a boy, tells of a stomach ache, and grumbles about schooling» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/598-pg2306-part34/t7/) [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, The Florida Watermelon, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/598-pg2306-part34/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Florida Watermelon, part 34: Remus warns… Lowkey, what did Remus say about the collection? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lowkey · **What happens:** say · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 598 «Uncle Remus, The Florida Watermelon, part 34: Remus warns a boy, tells of a stomach ache, and grumbles about schooling» 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/598-pg2306-part34/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:598-pg2306-part34:t7:1 # text = Lowkey, what did Remus say about the collection? 1 Lowkey Lowkey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 Remus Remus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 collection collection NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Lowkey | | | | | about the collection | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | 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 {#o1} Give the boy a dime ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:598-pg2306-part34:t7:o1:1 # text = Give the boy a dime 1 Give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dime dime NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | a dime | the boy | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent boy=Recipient dime=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Hold it for later ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:598-pg2306-part34:t7:o2:1 # text = Hold it for later 1 Hold hold VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Wait till he's seasoned ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:598-pg2306-part34:t7:o3:1 # text = Wait till he's seasoned 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 2 till till SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 seasoned season VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **season** | present · passive | | he | | | | | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} Pay him now ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:598-pg2306-part34:t7:o4:1 # text = Pay him now 1 Pay pay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | now | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Asset | **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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