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title: Bruh, where was Uncle Remus standing when he got bumped? — Uncle Remus, The Fourth of July, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruh, where was Uncle Remus standing when he got bumped? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 599 «Uncle Remus, The Fourth of July, part 35: Uncle Remus shows up bandaged on the Fourth of July, and the newspaper men question him about a fight with a slick man» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the 
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# Test 1 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Fourth of July, part 35: Uncle Remus show…

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Bruh, where was Uncle Remus standing when he got bumped?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Uncle Remus · **What happens:** be, stand, bump · **To what, where:** Uncle Remus, Remus

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 599 «Uncle Remus, The Fourth of July, part 35: Uncle Remus shows up bandaged on the Fourth of July, and the newspaper men question him about a fight with a slick man» 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/599-pg2306-part35/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:599-pg2306-part35:t1:1
# text = Bruh, where was Uncle Remus standing when he got bumped?
1	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	7	advmod	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Remus	Remus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	bumped	bump	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Uncle Remus |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stand** | gerund | Uncle Remus |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **bump** | past · passive |  | Remus |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Instrument |

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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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Near the store front

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:599-pg2306-part35:t1:o1:1
# text = Near the store front
1	Near	near	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	store	store	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Behind the wagon wheel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:599-pg2306-part35:t1:o2:1
# text = Behind the wagon wheel
1	Behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wagon	wagon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	wheel	wheel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By the bank corner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:599-pg2306-part35:t1:o3:1
# text = By the bank corner
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Standing in the middle of the dusty road outside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:599-pg2306-part35:t1:o4:1
# text = Standing in the middle of the dusty road outside
1	Standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	dusty	dusty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | gerund |  |  |  | the middle of the dusty road |  | outside *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in middle=Location |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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