Exam question 2 · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Well: Brer Fox falls down…

Which of the following accurately identifies the stated reason for Brer Fox's descent into the well?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Brer Fox · What happens: follow, identify, state, descend · To what, where: stated reason, well

This is exam question 2 of lesson 576 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Well: Brer Fox falls down the well, and the butter goes missing» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 identifies	advmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reason	det
8	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 reason	amod
9	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	14 descent	case
11	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Fox	compound
12	Fox	Fox	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 descent	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Fox	case
14	descent	descent	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 reason	nmod
15	into	into	ADP	_	17 well	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 well	det
17	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present		the stated reason	the well	for Brer Fox's descent; accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
3	state speech: other	participle					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	descend		Brer Fox				nom descent «event intransitive»: 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

He was scared by Brer Rabbit's loud shouting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 scared	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 scared	cop
3	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	9 shouting	case
5	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Rabbit	compound
6	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 shouting	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Rabbit	case
8	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 shouting	amod
9	shouting	shouting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 scared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					by Brer Rabbit's loud shouting; scared property	tree rules
2	shout		Brer Rabbit						nom shouting «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He was persuaded by Brer Rabbit's account of abundant fish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 persuaded	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 persuaded	aux:pass
3	persuaded	persuade	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	8 account	case
5	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Rabbit	compound
6	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 account	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Rabbit	case
8	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 persuaded	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 fish	case
10	abundant	abundant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 fish	amod
11	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 account	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	persuade	past · passive	Brer Rabbit's account of abundant fish	He					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	account		Brer Rabbit	abundant fish					nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 3

He was lured by a sack full of money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lured	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lured	aux:pass
3	lured	lure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 sack	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sack	det
6	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lured	obl
7	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sack	amod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 money	case
9	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 full	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lure	past · passive	a sack	He					vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 4

Rabbit made him go

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 made	obj
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 made	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	Rabbit	him = he					tree rules
2	go	infinitive	him = he not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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