Exam question 1 · Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 2: Brer Rabbit rides Brer…

Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which Brer Rabbit conducted himself upon arriving at Miss Meadows's residence?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Brer · What happens: follow, describe, conduct, arrive · To what, where: manner, Brer, residence

This is exam question 1 of lesson 570 «Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 2: Brer Rabbit rides Brer Fox to Miss Meadows's and hitches him to the rack» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 conducted	obl
11	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 conducted	nsubj
12	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Brer	flat
13	conducted	conduct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 manner	acl:relcl
14	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	13 conducted	obj
15	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	16 arriving	mark
16	arriving	arrive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 conducted	advcl
17	at	at	ADP	_	21 residence	case
18	Miss	Miss	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 Meadows	compound
19	Meadows	Meadows	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 residence	nmod:poss
20	's	's	PART	_	19 Meadows	case
21	residence	residence	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 arriving	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	conduct	past	Brer	Brer	the manner		vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Theme in which=Destination
4	arrive	gerund	Brer not said here		Miss Meadows's residence		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

He dismounted with great composure and then conversed politely with all the ladies on the porch

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dismounted	nsubj
2	dismounted	dismount	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 composure	case
4	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 composure	amod
5	composure	composure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dismounted	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 conversed	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 conversed	advmod
8	conversed	converse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 dismounted	conj
9	politely	politely	ADV	_	8 conversed	advmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	13 ladies	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 ladies	det:predet
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ladies	det
13	ladies	lady	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 conversed	obl
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 porch	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 porch	det
16	porch	porch	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ladies	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dismount	past	He					with great composure	vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	converse speech: other	participle	He not said here				then	with all ladies on the porch; politely property	vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with lady=Co-Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He dismounted with composure and conversed with the ladies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dismounted	nsubj
2	dismounted	dismount	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 composure	case
4	composure	composure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dismounted	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 conversed	cc
6	conversed	converse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 dismounted	conj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 ladies	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ladies	det
9	ladies	lady	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 conversed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dismount	past	He					with composure	vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	converse speech: other	participle	He not said here					with the ladies	vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with lady=Co-Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He dismounted calmly, strolled up to the porch, and spent the whole afternoon conversing with the ladies and the fox

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dismounted	nsubj
2	dismounted	dismount	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	2 dismounted	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 strolled	punct
5	strolled	stroll	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 dismounted	conj
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 strolled	compound:prt
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 porch	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 porch	det
9	porch	porch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 strolled	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 spent	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 spent	cc
12	spent	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dismounted	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 afternoon	det
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 afternoon	amod
15	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 spent	obj
16	conversing	converse	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 spent	advcl
17	with	with	ADP	_	19 ladies	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 ladies	det
19	ladies	lady	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 conversing	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 fox	cc
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 fox	det
22	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 ladies	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	dismount	past	He			calmly property	vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	stroll up	participle	He not said here	the porch			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to porch=Destination
3	spend	past	He not said here		afternoon		vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	converse speech: other	gerund	He not said here			with the ladies and the fox	vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with lady=Co-Agent

Option 4

He stayed mounted and lectured the ladies on manners

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stayed	nsubj
2	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	mounted	mount	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 stayed	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 lectured	cc
5	lectured	lecture	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stayed	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ladies	det
7	ladies	lady	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lectured	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 manners	case
9	manners	manners	NOUN	Number=Ptan	5 lectured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	stay	past	He			tree rules
2	mount	participle	He not said here			vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme
3	lecture speech: other	past	He not said here	the ladies	manners	tree rules

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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