Exam question 3 · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Well: Brer Fox falls down…

Which of the following correctly records the warning that Brer Rabbit delivered to Brer Fox at the close of the episode?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Brer Rabbit · What happens: follow, record, deliver · To what, where: warning, Brer, close

This is exam question 3 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	6 records	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 records	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 records	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 records	nsubj
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	6 records	advmod
6	records	record	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 warning	det
8	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 records	obj
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 delivered	mark
10	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Rabbit	compound
11	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 delivered	nsubj
12	delivered	deliver	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 warning	acl
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 Brer	case
14	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 delivered	obl
15	Fox	Fox	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Brer	flat
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 close	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 close	det
18	close	close	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 delivered	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 episode	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 episode	det
21	episode	episode	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 close	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 records	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	record	present		the warning			correctly property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warning=Theme
3	deliver	past	Brer Rabbit	the warning not said here	Brer	the close of the episode		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent warning=Theme to brer=Destination

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

He declared that a man bearing a great gun would haul Fox up

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	2 declared	nsubj
2	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 haul	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 man	det
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 haul	nsubj
6	bearing	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 man	acl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 gun	det
8	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 gun	amod
9	gun	gun	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bearing	obj
10	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 haul	aux
11	haul	haul	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 declared	advcl
12	Fox	fox	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 haul	xcomp
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 Fox	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	declare speech: other	past	He		vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	bear	gerund	a man not said here	a great gun	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gun=Patient
3	haul	would	a man		tree rules
4	fox up	infinitive	a man not said here		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

He announced that a farmer with a sack would drag Fox out

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	2 announced	nsubj
2	announced	announce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 drag	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 farmer	det
5	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 drag	nsubj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 sack	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sack	det
8	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 farmer	nmod
9	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 drag	aux
10	drag	drag	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 announced	ccomp
11	Fox	fox	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 drag	xcomp
12	out	out	ADP	_	11 Fox	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	announce speech: other	past	He	vn order-58.3 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	drag	would	a farmer with a sack	tree rules
3	fox out	infinitive	a farmer with a sack not said here	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

He declared that a man bearing a great gun would haul Fox up and then fine him

The tree, 17 words

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	2 declared	nsubj
2	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 haul	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 man	det
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 haul	nsubj
6	bearing	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 man	acl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 gun	det
8	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 gun	amod
9	gun	gun	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bearing	obj
10	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 haul	aux
11	haul	haul	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 declared	advcl
12	Fox	fox	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 haul	xcomp
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 Fox	compound:prt
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 fine	cc
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 fine	advmod
16	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 declared	conj
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 fine	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	declare speech: other	past	He		vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	bear	gerund	a man not said here	a great gun	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gun=Patient
3	haul	would	a man		tree rules
4	fox up	infinitive	a man not said here		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

A gun will come

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 gun	det
2	gun	gun	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 come	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 come	aux
4	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	future	a gun						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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