Exam question 1 · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Miss Cow, part 8: Brer Rabbit…

Pursuant to the narrative, with what object did Brer Rabbit cause Miss Cow to become immobilised?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object · What happens: do, become, immobilis · To what, where: Brer Rabbit

This is exam question 1 of lesson 572 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Miss Cow, part 8: Brer Rabbit tricks Miss Cow into a tree, then Brer Terrapin goes calling» 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	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	4 narrative	advmod
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 narrative	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 narrative	det
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 what	punct
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 what	case
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 narrative	appos
8	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 did	nsubj
9	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 what	acl:relcl
10	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Rabbit	compound
11	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 did	obj
12	cause	cause	SCONJ	_	14 Cow	case
13	Miss	Miss	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Cow	compound
14	Cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 did	obl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 become	mark
16	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 did	advcl
17	immobilised	immobilis	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 become	xcomp
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 narrative	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	object	Brer Rabbit	cause Miss Cow	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rabbit=Eventuality
2	become	to-infinitive	object not said here			tree rules
3	immobilis	participle	object not said here			tree rules

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

one of her ears, stuck in the trunk of the apple tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 ears	case
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 ears	nmod:poss
4	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 one	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 stuck	punct
6	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ears	amod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 trunk	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 trunk	det
9	trunk	trunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stuck	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 tree	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tree	det
12	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tree	compound
13	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 trunk	nmod

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

Option 2

one horn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 horn	nummod
2	horn	horn	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 3

a hoof, wedged in the roots of the pear tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 hoof	det
2	hoof	hoof	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wedged	punct
4	wedged	wedge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 hoof	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 roots	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 roots	det
7	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wedged	obl:agent
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 tree	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tree	det
10	pear	pear	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tree	compound
11	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 roots	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wedge	participle		a hoof not said here					vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

one of her horns, lodged in the trunk of the persimmon tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 horns	case
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 horns	nmod:poss
4	horns	horn	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 one	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 lodged	punct
6	lodged	lodge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 horns	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 trunk	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 trunk	det
9	trunk	trunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lodged	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 tree	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tree	det
12	persimmon	persimmon	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tree	compound
13	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 trunk	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lodge	participle		her horns not said here		the trunk of the persimmon tree			vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in trunk=Location

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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