Exam question 3 · Uncle Remus, Brer Bear's Swelled Head: Brer Rabbit tricks…

In what manner did Brer Rabbit come to be ensnared in the trap set by Mr. Man?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Brer · What happens: come, ensnare, set · To what, where: manner, trap

This is exam question 3 of lesson 584 «Uncle Remus, Brer Bear's Swelled Head: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Bear into a bee-tree, then Brer Rabbit is caught in Mr. Man's trap» 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	7 come	obl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 come	aux
5	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 come	nsubj
6	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Brer	flat
7	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	10 ensnared	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 ensnared	aux:pass
10	ensnared	ensnare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 come	advcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 trap	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 trap	det
13	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ensnared	obl
14	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 trap	acl
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 Man	case
16	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Man	nmod:desc
17	Man	Man	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 set	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	come	past · do-support	Brer		what manner		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in manner=Location
2	ensnare	to-infinitive · passive	Brer not said here		the trap		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»
3	set	participle		the trap not said here		by Man Mr.	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by man=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

He took the greens by stealth

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 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 greens	det
4	greens	green	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 took	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 stealth	case
6	stealth	stealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	He	the greens				by stealth	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent green=Theme

Option 2

He stole

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 stole	nsubj
2	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past	He						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He nibbled Mr. Man's cabbage

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 nibbled	nsubj
2	nibbled	nibble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Man	nmod:desc
4	Man	Man	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 cabbage	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Man	case
6	cabbage	cabbage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nibbled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nibble	past	He	Man Mr.'s cabbage					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cabbage=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He consumed the greens unlawfully

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 consumed	nsubj
2	consumed	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 greens	det
4	greens	green	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 consumed	obj
5	unlawfully	unlawfully	ADV	_	2 consumed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	past	He	the greens				unlawfully property	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent green=Asset

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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