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

What statement regarding the saddle and bridle demanded by Brer Rabbit is correct according to the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: statement · What happens: statement, regard, demand, be, accord · To what, where: saddle

This is exam question 2 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 statement	nsubj
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 correct	nsubj
3	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 saddle	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 saddle	det
5	saddle	saddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 statement	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 bridle	cc
7	bridle	bridle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 saddle	conj
8	demanded	demand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 saddle	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 Rabbit	case
10	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Rabbit	compound
11	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 demanded	obl
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 correct	cop
13	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
14	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 narrative	case
15	to	to	ADP	_	14 according	fixed
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 narrative	det
17	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 correct	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 correct	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	statement				regard the saddle and bridle	tree rules
2	regard	gerund				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	demand speech: request	participle		the saddle and bridle not said here	by Brer Rabbit	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
4	is	present	statement		accord the narrative; correct property	tree rules
5	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Brer Fox procured both articles at his own expense

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 procured	nsubj
2	Fox	Fox	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Brer	flat
3	procured	procure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	5 articles	det
5	articles	article	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 procured	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 expense	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 expense	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 expense	amod
9	expense	expense	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 procured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	procure	past	Brer	both articles		Brer's own expense			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent article=Theme at expense=Asset

Option 2

The saddle and bridle were procured by Brer Fox at his own expense in the nearby town

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 saddle	det
2	saddle	saddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 procured	nsubj:pass
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 bridle	cc
4	bridle	bridle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saddle	conj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 procured	aux:pass
6	procured	procure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 Brer	case
8	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 procured	obl:agent
9	Fox	Fox	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Brer	flat
10	at	at	ADP	_	13 expense	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 expense	nmod:poss
12	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 expense	amod
13	expense	expense	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 procured	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 town	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 town	det
16	nearby	nearby	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 town	amod
17	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 expense	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	procure	past · passive	Brer	the saddle and bridle		Brer's own expense in the nearby town			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent subject=Theme at expense=Asset

Option 3

Brer Fox owned neither the saddle nor the bridle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 owned	nsubj
2	Fox	Fox	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Brer	flat
3	owned	own	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	neither	neither	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	6 saddle	cc:preconj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 saddle	det
6	saddle	saddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 owned	obj
7	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	9 bridle	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bridle	det
9	bridle	bridle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 saddle	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	own	past	Brer	the saddle nor the bridle					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot saddle=Theme

Option 4

Brer Fox was asked to procure both articles, and he did so at his own expense and trouble

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 asked	nsubj
2	Fox	Fox	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Brer	flat
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 asked	aux:pass
4	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 procure	mark
6	procure	procure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 asked	xcomp
7	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	8 articles	det
8	articles	article	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 procure	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 did	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 did	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 did	nsubj
12	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 asked	conj
13	so	so	ADV	_	12 did	advmod
14	at	at	ADP	_	17 expense	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 expense	nmod:poss
16	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 expense	amod
17	expense	expense	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 did	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 trouble	cc
19	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 expense	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past · passive		Brer		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	procure not said to happen	to-infinitive	Brer not said here	both articles		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent article=Theme
3	do	past	Brer		Brer's own expense and trouble	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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