Exam question 2 · Uncle Remus, Fox Is "Outdone" by Mr. Rabbit: Brer Rabbit t…

Upon which occasion did Brer Fox first recline upon the ground in apparent expiry?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Brer · What happens: fox, recline · To what, where: apparent expiry

This is exam question 2 of lesson 571 «Uncle Remus, Fox Is "Outdone" by Mr. Rabbit: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox and Brer Buzzard into the hollow tree» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 occasion	case
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 occasion	det
3	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Fox	obl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 Fox	aux
5	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Fox	nsubj
6	Fox	fox	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 Fox	advmod
8	recline	recline	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 Fox	xcomp
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 ground	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ground	det
11	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 recline	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 expiry	case
13	apparent	apparent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 expiry	amod
14	expiry	expiry	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 recline	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 Fox	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fox	past · do-support	Brer					upon which occasion; first property	tree rules
2	recline	infinitive	Brer not said here			apparent expiry		upon the ground	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon ground=Location

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

After the chase, when Buzzard arrived

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	3 chase	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 chase	det
3	chase	chase	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 arrived	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 chase	punct
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 arrived	advmod
6	Buzzard	Buzzard	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 arrived	nsubj
7	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive	past	Buzzard				after the chase		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Once Fox heard Buzzard hollering loudly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Once	once	SCONJ	_	3 heard	mark
2	Fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 heard	nsubj
3	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Buzzard	Buzzard	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 heard	obj
5	hollering	holler	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 heard	xcomp
6	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	5 hollering	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	Fox	Buzzard					tree rules
2	holler speech: other	gerund	Buzzard not said here					loudly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

After the whole long chase through the woods, when Buzzard finally arrived at the tree

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	5 chase	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 chase	det
3	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 chase	amod
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 chase	amod
5	chase	chase	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	through	through	ADP	_	8 woods	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 woods	det
8	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 chase	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 arrived	punct
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 arrived	advmod
11	Buzzard	Buzzard	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 arrived	nsubj
12	finally	finally	ADV	_	13 arrived	advmod
13	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 chase	conj
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 tree	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 tree	det
16	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 arrived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive	past	Buzzard			the tree		finally property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Right after Fox had run all the way across the creek and through the briars

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	ADV	_	5 run	advmod
2	after	after	SCONJ	_	5 run	mark
3	Fox	Fox	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 run	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 run	aux
5	run	run	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 way	det:predet
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 way	det
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 run	obl
9	across	across	ADP	_	11 creek	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 creek	det
11	creek	creek	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 run	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 briars	cc
13	through	through	ADP	_	15 briars	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 briars	det
15	briars	briar	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 creek	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past · perfect	Fox	all way		the creek and the briars		right property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across creek=Trajectory

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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