Exam question 3 · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Miss Cow, part 8: Brer Rabbit…

In what manner did Brer Rabbit ultimately terminate the pursuit of Miss Cow along the highway?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Brer · What happens: do, terminate, pursue · To what, where: manner, pursuit, Miss Cow

This is exam question 3 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 terminate	nsubj
6	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Brer	flat
7	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	_	8 terminate	advmod
8	terminate	terminate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pursuit	det
10	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 terminate	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 Cow	case
12	Miss	Miss	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Cow	compound
13	Cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pursuit	nmod
14	along	along	ADP	_	16 highway	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 highway	det
16	highway	highway	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 terminate	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past			what manner		tree rules
2	terminate	present	Brer	the pursuit of Miss Cow		along the highway; ultimately property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pursuit=Theme
3	pursue			Miss Cow			nom pursuit «act transitive»: of=patient

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

by concealing himself within a briar-patch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 concealing	mark
2	concealing	conceal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 concealing	obj
4	within	within	ADP	_	8 patch	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 patch	det
6	briar	briar	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 patch	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 briar	punct
8	patch	patch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 concealing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	gerund		himself = he				within a briar patch	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient

Option 2

by concealing himself within a thick briar-patch beside the creek where no one could find him

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 concealing	mark
2	concealing	conceal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 concealing	obj
4	within	within	ADP	_	9 patch	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 patch	det
6	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 patch	amod
7	briar	briar	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 patch	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 briar	punct
9	patch	patch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 concealing	obl
10	beside	beside	ADP	_	12 creek	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 creek	det
12	creek	creek	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 patch	nmod
13	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	17 find	advmod
14	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	15 one	det
15	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 find	nsubj
16	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 find	aux
17	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 creek	acl:relcl
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	gerund		himself = he				within a thick briar patch beside the creek	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient
2	find	could	no one	him = he					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic

Option 3

by running into the forest and hiding

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 running	mark
2	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 forest	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 forest	det
5	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 running	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 hiding	cc
7	hiding	hiding	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 forest	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	gerund						into the forest and hiding result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into forest=Result

Option 4

by concealing himself within a briar-patch and then laughing so loudly that the whole field heard him

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 concealing	mark
2	concealing	conceal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 concealing	obj
4	within	within	ADP	_	8 patch	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 patch	det
6	briar	briar	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 patch	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 briar	punct
8	patch	patch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 concealing	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 laughing	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 laughing	advmod
11	laughing	laugh	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 concealing	conj
12	so	so	ADV	_	13 loudly	advmod
13	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	11 laughing	advmod
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 heard	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 field	det
16	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 field	amod
17	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 heard	nsubj
18	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 laughing	advcl
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 heard	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	gerund		himself = he		within a briar patch	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient
2	laugh	gerund			then	loudly property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	hear	past	the whole field	him = he			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

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