Exam question 2 · Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 5: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer…

In whose presence did the Crawfishes first draw up their petition, according to the old man's account?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: presence, Crawfishes, old man · What happens: do, draw up, accord, petition, account · To what, where: petition

This is exam question 2 of lesson 569 «Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 5: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox into the brier-patch» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 presence	case
2	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	3 presence	nmod:poss
3	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Crawfishes	det
6	Crawfishes	crawfish	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 draw	nsubj
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 draw	advmod
8	draw	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	ccomp
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 draw	compound:prt
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 petition	nmod:poss
11	petition	petition	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 draw	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 account	punct
13	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 account	case
14	to	to	ADP	_	13 according	fixed
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 man	det
16	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 man	amod
17	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 account	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 man	case
19	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 draw	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	presence			tree rules
2	draw up	present	the Crawfishes	Crawfishes's petition	accord the old man's account; first property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent petition=Theme
3	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
4	petition		Crawfishes = crawfish			nom petition «communication transitive»: poss=agent
5	account		the old man			nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

In the assembly of the animals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 assembly	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 assembly	det
3	assembly	assembly	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 animals	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 animals	det
6	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 assembly	nmod

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

Option 2

Before the Lion and the Elephant at the edge of the rising water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Before	before	ADP	_	3 Lion	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Lion	det
3	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 Elephant	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Elephant	det
6	Elephant	Elephant	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Lion	conj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 edge	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 edge	det
9	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Lion	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 water	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 water	det
12	rising	rise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 water	amod
13	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 edge	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	gerund							vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

In the great assembly of all the animals gathered at the meeting place

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 assembly	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 assembly	det
3	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 assembly	amod
4	assembly	assembly	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gathered	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 animals	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 animals	det:predet
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 animals	det
8	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 assembly	nmod
9	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	at	at	ADP	_	13 place	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 place	det
12	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 place	compound
13	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gathered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gather	past				the great assembly of all animals		at the meeting place	vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

In the middle of the flood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 middle	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 middle	det
3	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 flood	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 flood	det
6	flood	flood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 middle	nmod

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

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