--- title: Real talk, what did Uncle Remus say about the Buro? — Uncle Remus, The Fourth of July, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Real talk, what did Uncle Remus say about the Buro? Test 7 · ★ 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 depen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/599-pg2306-part35/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 Fourth of July, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/599-pg2306-part35/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Fourth of July, part 35: Uncle Remus show… Real talk, what did Uncle Remus say about the Buro? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Uncle Remus · **What happens:** say · **To what, where:** Real talk · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:599-pg2306-part35:t7:1 # text = Real talk, what did Uncle Remus say about the Buro? 1 Real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 Uncle Uncle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Remus Remus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Buro Buro PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Uncle Remus | Real talk | | | | about the Buro | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It got busted up ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:599-pg2306-part35:t7:o1:1 # text = It got busted up 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 busted bust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bust up** | past · passive | | It | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} It broke ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:599-pg2306-part35:t7:o2:1 # text = It broke 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | past | It | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Gone now ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:599-pg2306-part35:t7:o3:1 # text = Gone now 1 Gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | participle | | | | | now | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It was torn down ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:599-pg2306-part35:t7:o4:1 # text = It was torn down 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 torn tear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tear down** | past · passive | | It | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | **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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