Exam question 2 · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Miss Cow, part 8: Brer Rabbit…

Upon what condition did Brer Rabbit agree to assist the cow in the matter of her extrication?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: condition, Brer, extrication · What happens: do, agree, assist, matter, extricate · To what, where: cow, matter

This is exam question 2 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
5	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 agree	nsubj
6	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Brer	flat
7	agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	ccomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 assist	mark
9	assist	assist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 agree	xcomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cow	det
11	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 assist	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 matter	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 matter	det
14	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 assist	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 extrication	case
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 extrication	nmod:poss
17	extrication	extrication	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 matter	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	roles by
1	do	past	condition			tree rules
2	agree speech: agree	present	Brer			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	assist not said to happen	to-infinitive	Brer not said here	the cow	the matter of Brer's extrication	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Beneficiary
4	matter		Brer's extrication			nom matter «cognition intransitive»: of=agent
5	extricate		Brer			nom extrication «act 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

that she should let him seize her tail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 let	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 let	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 let	aux
4	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 let	obj
6	seize	seize	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 let	xcomp
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 tail	nmod:poss
8	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 seize	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	should	she	him = he					tree rules
2	seize	infinitive	him = he not said here	her tail					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme

Option 2

that she would let him pull her ear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 let	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 let	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 let	aux
4	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 let	obj
6	pull	pull	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 let	xcomp
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 ear	nmod:poss
8	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pull	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	would	she	him = he					tree rules
2	pull	infinitive	him = he not said here	her ear					vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Theme

Option 3

that she should let him seize her tail and then milk her dry right there under the persimmon tree

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 let	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 let	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 let	aux
4	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 let	obj
6	seize	seize	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 let	xcomp
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 tail	nmod:poss
8	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 seize	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 there	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 dry	advmod
11	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 dry	compound
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 dry	nmod:poss
13	dry	dry	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 there	nsubj
14	right	right	ADV	_	15 there	advmod
15	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 let	conj
16	under	under	ADP	_	19 tree	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 tree	det
18	persimmon	persimmon	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 tree	compound
19	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 there	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	should	she	him = he					tree rules
2	seize	infinitive	him = he not said here	her tail					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme

Option 4

that she would let him grab her horn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 let	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 let	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 let	aux
4	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 let	obj
6	grab	grab	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 let	xcomp
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 horn	nmod:poss
8	horn	horn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grab	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	would	she	him = he					tree rules
2	grab	infinitive	him = he not said here	her horn					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horn=Theme

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